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mechanical clock

Bracket clock; spring-driven brass movement; rack strike; balance; revolving dial; adjustable hour-plates with touch pieces; single calendar; plates pierced and engraved with flowering stems with turned and baluster columns to the angles; musical box in rectangular base; Shitan wood case with glazed sliding panel.

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  • Repository:British Museum