Watch

Movement by John Midnall

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John Midnall was one of the first assistants in the London Clockmakers’ Company, chartered in 1631. The case was probably given its floral decoration about the middle of the seventeenth century.

Watch, Movement by John Midnall (recorded ca. 1620–41), Case: silver; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued, British, London

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Watch, Movement by John Midnall (recorded ca. 1620–41), Case: silver; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued, British, London
Watch, Movement by John Midnall (recorded ca. 1620–41), Case: silver; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued, British, London
Watch, Movement by John Midnall (recorded ca. 1620–41), Case: silver; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued, British, London
Watch, Movement by John Midnall (recorded ca. 1620–41), Case: silver; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued, British, London

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