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Print (Handbill) Advertisement of an Exhibition of the Smallest Watch Ever Before Made, Made By Samuel Highfield, Printed by Bartlett, Newman, and Bartlett, Oxford, 19th Century

Inventory Number 13207


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.13207

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
Verso, in iron gall ink "Mr Rigaude [?]"
Physical material
Paper
Physical medium
Carbon ink
Physical technique
Print
Object type
Print
Dimensions
Height: 280mm Width: 217mm
Inventory No
13207

Description

Paper handbill advertising an exhibition of the 'Smallest Watch Ever before made' at the Star Inn, Oxford. The bill describes the watch as being made by Samuel Highfield of Liverpool, previously assistant to Messrs. Brockbanks of Cornhill, London.

Printed by Bartlett, Newman and Bartlett, Oxford. Undated.