trade-card
- Museum number
- 1958,1006.2768
- Description
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Trade card for Reimringer, watchmaker in Metz; with an armorial clock flanked by two female figures in classical dress, pendulum clock and armillary sphere.
Etching
- Production date
- 1780 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 131 millimetres
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Width: 92 millimetres (sheet)
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- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Latest: 5 (Jan 1996) Stained and mounted.
- 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
- 1958,1006.2768
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: CAI.2768 (Ilbert Collection)