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Bracket clock

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A bracket clock is a style of antique portable table clock made in the 17th and 18th centuries. [1]

11 relations: Bracket, Carriage clock, Clock, Ebony, Inlay, Lantern clock, Mantel clock, Ormolu, Repeater (horology), Striking clock, Varnish.

Bracket

A bracket is a tall punctuation mark typically used in matched pairs within text, to set apart or interject other text.

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Carriage clock

A carriage clock is a small, spring-driven clock, designed for travelling, developed in the early 19th century in France, where they were also known as "Officers' Clocks".

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Clock

A clock is an instrument to measure, keep, and indicate time.

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Ebony

Ebony is a dense black hardwood, most commonly yielded by several different species in the genus Diospyros, which also contains the persimmons.

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Inlay

Inlay covers a range of techniques in sculpture and the decorative arts for inserting pieces of contrasting, often coloured materials into depressions in a base object to form ornament or pictures that normally are flush with the matrix.

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Lantern clock

A lantern clock is a type of antique weight-driven wall clock, shaped like a lantern.

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Mantel clock

Mantel clocks—or shelf clocks—are relatively small house clocks traditionally placed on the shelf, or mantel, above the fireplace.

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Ormolu

Ormolu (from French or moulu, signifying ground or pounded gold) is an English term, used since the 18th century for the gilding technique of applying finely ground, high-carat gold–mercury amalgam to an object of bronze, and for objects finished in this way.

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Repeater (horology)

A repeater is a complication in a mechanical watch or clock that audibly chimes the hours and often minutes at the press of a button.

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Striking clock

A striking clock (also known as chiming clock) is a clock that sounds the hours audibly on a bell or gong.

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Varnish

Varnish is a transparent, hard, protective finish or film that is primarily used in wood finishing but also for other materials.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracket_clock

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