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TEN/B/01/00166
Title
Unknown maker, Manchester: Brass arched moon dial (before restoration) / Clockmaker: Nathaniel Brown, Manchester
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- 1980 Apr (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 arched dial with moon, painted centre, square date aperture, Rococo spandrels, name on silvered applied piece in arch, moons age on dial; silvered and engraved maps on hemisphere, simple oak case (shown on slide 231).
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Slides 166, 167, 168, 169 and 231 show the same dial.
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Archivist's note
Originally located in Drawer 1, section "Brass dials incl. painted centres".