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TEN/B/01/00658
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Unknown maker: Brass arched moon dial / Clockmaker: Joseph Hampson, 1772
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- 1984 Nov (Creation)
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1 framed 35mm colour slide
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(1927–2018)
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Repaired dial and mechanism as a gift to Wrexham Heritage Centre. Main dial: eight-day, two-train arched dial with moon, matted centre, ringed winding holes, round-ended date aperture with engraving and pointer, solid separate seconds dial, interim markings, Chevron engraving on dial plate, "Time Showes the Way of Lifes Decay" on breakarch, silvered edge to moon with engraving, four-seasons spandrels. Hemispheres: funny faces.
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Slides 658 and 706 show the same dial.
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Archivist's note
Originally located in Drawer 1, section "Brass dials".