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Christopher Pinchbeck the elder

Also known as: Christopher Pinchbeck the elder; primary name: Pinchbeck, Christopher
Details: individual; clockmaker/watchmaker; British; Male
Life dates: 1669/70-1732
Address: at Pinchbeck's Head in Fleet Street, London also at Tunbridge Wells & The Court of Requests
Biography: Watchmaker. Photograph of trade card in Heal Collection (Heal,39.74) advertises "Pinchbeck Senr. Clock, Watchmaker, and Toyman...Only Maker of the True and Genuine Metal." Trade card in Banks Collection (Banks,39.97) advertises "Pinchbeck Senr. Clock, Watchmaker and Toyman, At Pinchbeck's Head in Fleet Street."
Bibliography: Loomes, B. (2006). "Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World", N.A.G. Press, London Britten, F.J. (1986). "Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers - A History of Styles in Clocks and Watches and their Mechanisms", Bloomsbury Books, London

9 related objects

print

Title: Christopher Pinchbeck |
Museum number: 1902,1011.1811 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:Isaac Whood |
Production date: 1720-1756

print

Title: Christopher Pinchbeck |
Museum number: Heal,Portraits.77 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:Isaac Whood |
Production date: 1720s-1750s

print; trade-card

Museum number: Banks,39.97 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1700-1750

print

Title: Pinchbeck |
Museum number: 1872,1012.569 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:Isaac Whood |
Production date: 1710-1756

print

Title: Christopher Pinchbeck |
Museum number: 1902,1011.1810 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:Isaac Whood |
Production date: 1720s-1750s

print

Title: Christopher Pinchbeck |
Museum number: 1902,1011.1812 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:Isaac Whood |
Production date: 1720-1756

print; trade-card

Museum number: Heal,39.74 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 18thC

print; advertisement

Museum number: Y,5.260 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1727

print; frame

Title: Pinchbeck |
Museum number: 1958,1006.2750 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:Isaac Whood