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Travelling clock (© British Museum)
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© British Museum

Travelling clock

Artist: Thomas Mudge (1715 - 1794)

Location: British Museum

Date: 1768

Materials: brass & tortoiseshell

Grant:

Amount Paid: £50,000 (Total: £220,750; tax remission)

Vendor: Anonymous

Review number: 4050 (1994)

Provenance:
John Maurice, Count von Bruhl; by direct descent to the present owner.

Description:
Lord Polwarth's travelling clock. The movement is housed in a tortoisehell-covered brass drum case, enclosed in a mahogany carrying case.

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