AHS Lakes and borders - Tjeerd Bakker, Royal clockmaker. Vulliamy turret clocks of the royal residences.

PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS A FREE EVENT, BUT PLEASE BOOK YOUR SPACE TO GIVE US AN IDEA OF NUMBERS.

Workshop address - Cumbria Clock Co, Salkeld Road, Penrith CA11 9NF

Please give me a call on 07740768884 if you have trouble finding us.

We hope you can join us for a tour of the Cumbria Clock Company’s new workshops including the Turret clock Workshop, the House Clock Workshop and the Turret clock Museum /Store.

11am - Arrive for a tour of the workshops.

12.30 - 1.30pm - Lunch (please bring your own lunch as there is no food outlets nearby) we have plenty tea, coffee and biscuits.

1.30pm - Lecture by Tjeerd Bakker

Tjeerd will be speaking about the Turret Clocks of the Royal Residencies, specifically the Collection of Turret clocks and dials by the Vulliamy family of Clockmakers. Often the Royal Turret Clocks have been individually researched; never has anyone provided the complete history on these pieces as part of a collection.

In this lecture Tjeerd will endeavour to change this and provide a history of the Royal Turret Clocks and Dials that were made by the Vulliamy family of Clockmakers.

Tjeerd trained at Vakschool Schoonhoven, the Dutch School for Horology and then West Dean College in the UK. After graduating in 2010 he was offered the position of Conservator in The Rijksmuseum Boerhaave, which is the national museum for the History of Science in Leiden, The Netherlands. There he was responsible for the Scientific and Horological collection including pieces made by Salomon Coster, Isaac Thuret and Christian Huygens.

Since 2014 Tjeerd has been employed within the Royal Collection Trust, the art section of the Royal Household, based in Buckingham Palace, where he cared as part of a team for the clocks in the Royal Residences. As of 2019, Tjeerd has held the post of Senior Horological Conservator and is responsible for the care of all horological items in the Royal Collection ranging from: pocket watches, music boxes, table clocks all the way up to the turret clocks that are housed in these Royal Residences throughout the UK.

We can offer transport to and from Penrith Railway Station, if you are traveling by train. Please let us know your arrivals time- mark@clockmaker.co.uk

If you have any questions, please get in contact - mark@clockmaker.co.uk

Look forward to seeing you all.

Mark.