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Clock Dial, by Richard Gilkes, Adderbury, English, c. 1745

Inventory Number 37858


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.37858

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Dr C. F. C. Beeson in 1966.
Primary inscriptions
Crude engravings. 'Gilkes Adderbury'
Physical material
Brass
Object type
Clock dial
Dimensions
Height: 5mm Width: 245mm Depth: 244mm Weight: 1kg
Inventory No
37858
Accession Number
1966-270/22

Description

Ten inch one hand 'Quaker'dial. The crudity of its engraving illustrates how poor provincial work might be.