Maker: Unknown
Painted enamel dial.
DIAL: White enamel on copper, three feet (drilled). Radial 5 minute Arabic figures, dot minute ring, radial Roman chapters. Circle, centre polychrome picture of a bridge over a river, a man fishing with a town behind to the left, hills in the background, with a tree in the foreground to each side. Counter enamel with '9 1/2' painted on it.
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 1750
Dial
composed of
enamel
( white)
copper
Diameter 36.25 mm
Scene Dial
Diameter 21.25 mm
Accession number: PW.83-1923
Primary reference Number: 207517
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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