Clock, wall
Collection object
1989.0077
D. face 21.9, outer edge of brass ring holding glass 23.4, surround 31.9. Case H. 15.8, depth from face 14.4, W. 12.1. Height at centre back 23. L. of legs 3.5. D. of bell 8.1. Chain L. front; right side 1.49, left 20.2 (approx.). Back left 133, right 20.5 (approx.) Pendulum diameter 7.5, wire length 80.5 Weights; larger wt. 1820.2, L. 13.3 D. 5.2; smaller wt. 1009.5 L. 9.3, D. top 4, bottom 5.1
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Clock, wall; weight and pendulum driven; by Moser Brothers, Limerick. Circular face with smaller box affixed on the rear for the mechanism. Face has a varnished wooden surround with a curved glass front held with putty in a brass frame. Front is hinged at left (9 o'clock) with a single brass hinge with three screw holes on either side for countersunk screws. The original screws have been replaced by two iron screws of a larger size than for the holes, so the heads stand proud of the hinge. The face has a white ground with black Roman numerals. Where one of the letters in the numerals requires two strokes to write, the first is very broad and the second very thin. On the outside of the numerals are three concentric lines, the outermost in red the other two in blue. The minutes are marked by lines between the two blue lines, the quarter hours are marked by thicker black lines running from the inner blue to the red line, and the hours between the quarters with a black dot between the blue lines. A third thin blue circle runs just below the bottom of the numerals. Within this circle is a chain of flower bud and dot decoration in alternating red-brown, green and greyish yellow colours. Within this circle above and below the pivot for the hands, is the transfer inscription "MOSER BROTHERS/ LIMERICK." The paint on the face is crazed all over and in places has flaked off, removing parts of the inscription, numerals etc. The two hands are held to the central pivot, by a short length of brass wire, which passes through a hole in the pivot. Both hands are brass. Both hands have a plain point expanding slightly i width to a circle about two thirds down the length and from this expand slightly again to the pivot. The hour hand has a slight spur at the rear. The wooden surround of the front mounted on a three ply-wood sheet roughly cut to shape and the mechanism case is affixed to this. The case as originally built had doors at the sides, which have now been replaced by hardboard sheets. The top is separated from the bottom by four wooden spacers set at the corners with dowelled ends cut flush with the outside. The mechanism is carried on three broader central wooden bars, the outer two set in mortises, the central one with tenon passing through the case and cut flush with the outside. The back rises above the top of the case and this portion has a rounded top with central perforation 2.54 in diameter. The back has a hole near the top of the case through which passes the wire for the pendulum. To allow the pendulum to swing free the back has three short legs, two at the bottom between which the pendulum swings and one central one passing through the projecting upper part of the back. The top leg is made from plastic tubing, possibly Rawlplug; the other two are of wood. The right leg (viewed from front) is attached directly to the back but the left is passes through a piece of hardboard glued to the back. The pendulum wire passes through a hole in the back and is affixed to an arm from the mechanism which is inserted into a brass bar which runs across the hole. This bar is fastened at the left end by a panel pin. A short length of clock spring is attached to the back with a single screw, and has a pointed end which fits into the other end of the bar holding the pendulum wire. This arrangement allows the pendulum bar to be raised up or down to adjust. The back of the case is held to the top by two original dowels and two screws and a nail; at the bottom a single nail is visible, which has cracked both back and bottom, any other means of attachment is obscured by the hardboard holding the leg. The original sides presumably swung on wire hinges, represented by two wire loops in either side of the back. Both sides are replacements in varnished hardboard. The left sheet (when viewed from front) is held in place, towards the bottom front by a plastic headed pin passing through a loop from the inside passing through the hardboard. The right has a similar fastening arrangement at top front and also a piece of twisted wire, at top back,
Moser Brothers (clockmaker)