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History of Science Museum

Clock With Porter's Tablet of Time

Inventory Number 32331


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.32331

Item type
Object
Provenance
Given to Lewis Evans in remembrance of W.R. Woolrych
Object type
Clock
Dimensions
Height: 166mm Width: 230mm Depth: 75mm Weight: 874g
Inventory No
32331
Accession Number
1924-0/part ?

Description

Wooden mantel clock including a copper alloy inscribed “tablet of time” at the top. The upper compartment has a hinged lid and contains an additional copper alloy plate, engraved with numbers ranging from 25 to 80.