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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Spencer & Perkins

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Description

Pedometer in Pinchbeck case.

MOVEMENT: Full plate movement with train between plates. Plain, un-gilt, top plate on four pillars, pinned in thickness of plate, through pillar and into holes in plate. Top plate scratched '1'.

DIAL: White enamel on copper, three feet (not pinned). Main scale and two sub-scales. Outer ladder scale of 100, marked every 10 by dot in place of ladder rung, and radial Arabic figures, 30 and 70 missing, to make way for sub-scales. Dial named 'SPENCER & PERKINS' in crescent under '100' and 'LONDON' in crescent abouev '50'. Sub-scale at '70' marked 1 to 10 in radial Arabic figures between two circless, four quarter marks of small triangles, on and inside, inner circle, marked 'ONE' under 10 and 'MILE' over 5. Scale at '30' marked 1 to 12 in radial Arabic figures between two circles, marked 'TWELVE' under 12 and 'MILES' above 2. Dial secured by single screw above 'LONDON'.

HANDS: Blued steel with brass bushed with tapered fingers, and pierced circular counter balance.

CASE: Pinchbeck with strap loop under '50', pendant providing pivot for operating lever and fixing hook at '100'. Long steel fixing hook, about 140mm, of rectangular section stamped '1 + 21' about 30mm above pivot, bent to form hook at end. Movement fixed by two screws in back. Bezel polished and decorated with two wide matt rings.

Notes

History note: Unknown before S.G. Perceval (1838-1922)

Legal notes

Spencer George Perceval Bequest, 1922

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1780

Components of the work

Dial composed of enamel ( white) copper
Case composed of pinchbeck Diameter 56.75 mm Height 69 mm Thickness 17.75 mm Width 57.5 mm
Hands composed of steel

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PW.68-1923
Primary reference Number: 207502
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Created: Wednesday 6 January 2016 Updated: Wednesday 28 March 2018 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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