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Description by Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy of the globe clock at the Society of Antiquaries
Catalogue reference: VUL
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- VUL
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Title (The name of the record)
- Description by Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy of the globe clock at the Society of Antiquaries
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Date (When the record was created)
- March 1852
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Description (What the record is about)
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Description, dated 10 March 1852, by Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780-1854), clockmaker, of the mechanism of the globe clock presented by him to SA in 1850. With five drawings (8 figures), dated 9 March 1852. See Mus. Cat., no. 908; DNB. The silver casing of the weight of the clock is engraved with a map of the world copied from the 'Mappe-mundi Geohydrographique' by Sanson, 1687. The engraving was dated by R. A. Skelton as c. 1700 (see letter, 17 Apr. 1951 laid down on the front endpaper).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Society of Antiquaries of London
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- SAL/MS/988MS 988
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Vulliamy, Benjamin Lewis (1780-1854), clockmaker
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- pp. i + 11 + five drawings.
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- In his letter presenting the clock, 13 June 1850 (Proc., 1st ser., 2 (1849-53), 88-9), Vulliamy promised to prepare the present description.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Society of Antiquaries online catalogue entry and digital copy: https://collections.sal.org.uk/vul
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/67f55702-b7a2-4f04-b482-4b0f2e8c5327/
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Description by Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy of the globe clock at the Society of Antiquaries