Maker: Unknown
White enamel dial with polychrome painting.
DIAL: White enamel dial on copper, three feet (drilled). Central time dial surrounded by polychrome painting of wmoan at left hand side kneeling towards the dial, on right hand side an urn on column, under the time dial is ground level. Time dial inside circle, short line minute mark circle with broad 5 min. lines, vertical Arabic chapters. Winding hole on edge of time dial at about 1.30.
History note: Unknown before S.G. Perceval (1838-1922)
Spencer George Perceval Bequest, 1922
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George
18th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1790
Dial
composed of
enamel
copper
Diameter 47 mm
Time Dial
Diameter 15 mm
Accession number: PW.78-1923
Primary reference Number: 207512
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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