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Candle Clock

Inventory Number 52552


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.52552

Item type
Object
Physical material
Pewter(?)
Metal
Wax
Thread
Object type
Clock
Dimensions
Diameter: 105mm Height: 540mm
Inventory No
52552

Description

Pewter(?) candlestick with a tall candle with Roman numerals inscribed in black with accompanying red lines down one side. The numerals read from the top ten, eleven, twelve, then one through to nine at the bottom.