Exceptional Barry clock goes to Merseyside museum

A £42,500 grant from the National Art Collections Fund (Art Fund), the UK’s largest independent art charity, has helped the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside acquire an English astronomical table clock (1787) by Thomas Barry (1756-c.1820).

The clock, completed in 1787, was offered for sale by public raffle, with 150 tickets sold at one gu…

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