Watchmaker's printing blocks

Matchbox containing two tie-on labels marked for H2’s escapement ‘holding screws’, but neither screw now present. Also three small wooden blocks each marked “2”, possibly originally to go under the pillars to which the timekeeper was clamped at the base.

Object Details

ID: ZAA0869
Collection: Timekeeping
Type: Watchmaker's printing blocks
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Gould, Rupert Thomas
Date made: Unknown
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection
Measurements: Overall: 19 x 57 x 38 mm
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