No 1, Manners St, for a short season commencing Saturday August 28th. The wonderful apostolic Strasburg clock. [1886?]
Reference Number: Eph-A-CLOCKS-1886-01
Shows a picture of the 12-foot high ornate clock, with painted panels, "the only perfect model of the great astronomical, musical, mechanical & apostolic clock ever constructed". The text inside describes the clock in detail (it featured St Peter and the Devil, Copernicus, and its constructor J B Schwilque), and gives the history of its construction.
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1 image, categorised under Ephemera, Exhibition catalogues and Letterpress works, related to J B Schwilque, Peter, the Apostle, Saint, Devil, Apostles, Longcase clocks and Clocks and watches.
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[Ephemera, pamphlets and booklets relating to clocks and watches, watch repair, time-keeping and daylight saving. 1800-2000s], Reference Number Eph-A-CLOCKS (1 digitised items)
Extent: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on folded leaflet.Letterpress on front of leaflet, 245 x 174 mm.. Vertical imageEphemera
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