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TEN/B/01/00239
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Unknown maker: Brass arched moon dial / Clockmaker: Samuel Whitchurch, Kingswood, Bristol, 1765
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- 1980 Dec (Creation)
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1 framed 35mm colour slide
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(1927–2018)
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"High Water at Bristol Quay" in brass arch with moon. Main dial: eight-day, two-train arched dial with moon, engraved floral dial centre, square date aperture, seconds with compass points on dial centre, small interim markings on chapter ring, heavy Rococo spandrels. Hemispheres engraved and silvered with rising or setting sun with mountains on left, palms, water and a tower on right, tide as well as age of moon on extra applied piece on arch.
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Slides 239 and 240 show the same dial.
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Archivist's note
Originally located in Drawer 1, section "Brass dials".