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Enamel dial of Cumming's timekeeper, c.1767 (metal)

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WCC440179
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Enamel dial of Cumming's timekeeper, c.1767 (metal)
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English School, (18th century) / English
Location
The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers' Collection, UK
Medium
metal
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The remaining parts of a timekeeper by Alexander Cumming (1733-1814) of Fleet Street, London, later converted to a conventional marine chronometer and re-signed by his nephew John Grant, England c. 1767; the timekeeper may be the one referred to in a letter from Alexander Small (1710-1794) to Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), with which Cumming hoped to win part of the famous Longitude Prize of 1714;

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© Worshipful Company of Clockmakers / Bridgeman Images
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face / timepiece / numerals / clock / horology / roman numeral
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Medium 714 × 1024 px 60 × 87 mm 451 KB

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