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Object:Mantelpiece clock, 1874


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Bracket timepiece in mahogany case with silvered dial. Signed 'Dutton & Co, London V R 1874'. For many years this was the office clock of the Director of the Science Museum.
'WORK' GO BACK TO WORK
Object
Object
Clock symbolising motive power, c.1870
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Scene
Clockmaking
 
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