Silver-gilt carriage clock

Update: 2017-01-23

Description

This travelling calendar carriage clock dates to 1747–1823. Why would such a clock need to have both lunar and sun time represented on it? With Professor Chris Lintott Astrophysics, University of Oxford. Object number: WA1949.134

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Silver-gilt carriage clock

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Silver-gilt carriage clock

Chris Lintott

Silver-gilt carriage clock