pedometer
- Museum number
- 1958,1006.2479
- Description
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Pedometer; in form of watch in pinchbeck case; operated by chain through pendant; signed on dial.
- Production date
- 18thC(late)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 53 millimetres
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Thickness: 17 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Ward 1981
The main dial has an outer scale 0-100 double paces umbered every five, and an inner scale I-X for tenths of a mile, with pierced steel hands similar to the minute- and hour-hands of a watch. The subsidiary dial, with plain tail-less hand, reads miles 1-12.
Signed on the dial: DOLLAND LONDON
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
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Latest: 3 (Mar 2017)
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5 (Jan 1995); CHECK INSIDE Verdigris inside bezel and on hinge.
- Acquisition date
- 1958
- Acquisition notes
- The Ilbert Collection of clocks, prints and other related material was destined to be sold at Christie's auction house on 6th-7th November 1958. As a result of the generous donation of funds by Gilbert Edgar CBE the sale was cancelled and the material purchased privately from the beneficiaries of the Ilbert Estate.
Ilbert's watches were then acquired with further funds from Gilbert Edgar CBE, public donations and government funds. These were then registered in the series 1958,1201.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1958,1006.2479
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: CAI.2479 (Ilbert Collection)
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: L75 (Ilbert Ledger)
