Clock

Description

Observatory regulator clock with 12 inch silvered brass dial and case in rosewood veneer, made for the Garnet Hill Observatory, Glasgow, by William Hardy, London, c. 1810

Museum reference

T.1988.96

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Clock

Production information

Hardy, William, 1800 - 1830 (fl.)
London, England, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1810

Materials

Rosewood, Silvered brass

Physical description

Silvered brass dial, case in rosewood veneer

Associations

Garnett Hill Observatory
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Earth in Space (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 1 »
natural world, earth in space »
space (telling the time)