Pillar clock

Description

Pillar clock, or shaku-dokei, with time pointer adjustable transversely to register with one of a number of hair scales corresponding to the month marked on a lacquered plate: Japan, before 1872

Museum reference

T.1946.1

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Pillar clock, Shaku-dokei

Production information

Japan, East Asia

Date

1800 - 1870

Materials

Lacquer, Wood

Physical description

Lacquered plate, wooden case

Exhibitions

• Earth in Space (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 1 »
natural world, earth in space »
space (telling the time)