Chronometer made by Thomas Mercer, St. Albans

chronometer

INSTRUMENTS - CHRONOMETERS
Mercer, Thomas
ENGLAND, Saint Albans
before 1875
overall: 6 3/4 x 7 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.

Chronometer; gimballed in wooden box with hinged lid, glass top, key missing; brass plaque on lid "SUPPLIED BY/ T. L. AINSLEY LTD./ MILL DAM/ SHOUTH SHIELDS./ No. 19942"; on face "THOMAS MERCER LTD./ ST. ALBANS ENGLAND" and number 19942; paper label glued inside lid from L. J. Harri, Amsterdam, for cleaning this chronometer from vessel NEW WAY, January 1875; with wooden outer box 1991.25.2.

1991.25.1