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View full screenTable clock of gilt brass engraved with coats-of-arms and arabesques on sides, under part of case perforated and supported on four satyrs and central stem, with base resting on four later sea-horses, by Bartholomew Newsum, London, late 16th century
T.1978.112
Newsum, Bartholomew, 1565 (fl.) - 1587 (d.)
London, England, Northern Europe
Late 16th century
Gilt brass; sides engraved with coats-of-arms and arabesques
Original owner: Stanley, Margaret, Countess of Derby, 1540 - 1596
Previous owner: Gibson-Craig, James Thomson, 1799 - 1886
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‘Bartholomew Newsam, c. 1530–1587’ by Adrian A Finch, Valerie J Finch and Anthony W Finch (pages174-196) Antiquarian Horology, Volume 43, Issue 2 June 2022
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