Table time-piece
Table time-piece. 8-day timepiece; fusee with chain transmission + maintaining power. Dead-beat escapement with 60t wheel and half-seconds pendulum consisting of steel rod & frame enclosing navette-section tin bob. Mahogany case, flat top with simple mouldings - restored and possibly altered by P.G.Dawson. Engraved brass dial plate of "round-Gothic" form, with 45mm dia white enamel rise-and-fall regulation dial in arch. 140mm dia white enamel dial, of 'regulator' pattern, minutes at periphery, seconds below 60 (indicating true half-seconds), hours above 30.
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Object Details
ID: | ZAA0497 |
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Collection: | Timekeeping |
Type: | Table time-piece |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Mathew, D.D. |
Date made: | ca.1810 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Foulkes Collection |
Measurements: | 457 mm x 324 mm x 220 mm |