Identity area
Reference code
DRA/04/008
Title
Cuttings from assorted newspapers on horological topics
Date(s)
- 1933–1974 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 file of loose papers
Context area
Name of creator
(1896–1975)
Repository
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Scope and content
Articles on: the age of Bristol’s churches; Christie’s watch auction featuring musical watch by James Cox and a John Arnold watch used by Captain Cook (1933); old Salisbury Cathedral clock (1949); repair of a clock hand dislodged from the clock at St Paul's Church Bristol (1953); exports of grandfather clocks to the USA (1972); a Tompion clock at the Cecil Higgins Art Gallery in Bedford (1973); R. Gobbs’ article on his work maintaining turret and other clocks (1973); and Sotheby’s sale of a Graham clock at record £36,00 (1974).
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Accruals
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Script of material
Language and script notes
English