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TEN/B/01/00626
Title
Unknown maker: Brass arched moon dial / Clockmaker: John Smith, Chester, 1760–85
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- 1984 Jul (Creation)
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1 framed 35mm colour slide
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(1927–2018)
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Main dial: eight-day, two-train, silvered and engraved dial centre, small scale acanthus leaf, some small flowers; seconds with small compass rose engraved on dial centre, interim markings, square date aperture, minute band; head and open foliage spandrels (same as 1351 but better); moon painted centre, engraved numerals. Engraving in hemispheres, name on applied piece in arch; same semicircular cutouts to arch inner edge (see also 1351).
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Slides 614 and 626 show the same dial.
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Archivist's note
Originally located in Drawer 1, section "Brass dials".