fittings with lead mouldings

PART OF:: South facing, 8-foot mural quadrant from Radcliffe Observatory

Made:: 1773 in London

maker:: John Bird

fittings with lead mouldings for 8-foot mural quadrant from the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford.

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1935-4 PT3

Materials:: lead

type:: fittings

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