Moyse's Hall interior.
Moyse's Hall interior early 1900s

Moyse's Hall Museum

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Picture Page 4

The Clocks and Watches Gallery

Moyse's Hall interior after 2001.
Moyse's Hall interior today
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The Gallery of timepieces at Moyse's Hall Museum.

This Lantern Clock is signed "Mark Hawkins St Edmunds Bury." Mark lived from 1674 to 1750, and his sons William and Mark junior were also clockmakers in Bury. Note that there is no minute hand, as was usual at this time. Each hour on the dial was divided into the four quarters, and the time is estimated to the quarter hour by reading off the position between the hours.

This clock is known as a regulator, and was made in Bury St Edmunds by the Chaplin brothers. One special feature is the annual calendar in the arch which is supplemented by an additional ring with signs of the Zodiac. This is a ‘domestic’ regulator which may have been the Chaplin brothers ‘shop’ clock. The unusual calendar exhibited the clever craftsmanship of the brothers to their customers, and dates from about 1780. William Chaplin died in 1799, and Thomas died in 1827. Both brothers were buried in Acton, near Sudbury.

This turret clock is dated 1861, and was installed in Long Melford school. Such clocks were made to be installed in towers or turrets, or places with a long drop so that the weights could typically work the mechanism for a week or so without winding.

This bell is dated 1662, and was cast for Hempstead church, where it accompanied a turret clock of similar age.


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