Person    | Male  Born 1670  Died 1732

Christopher Pinchbeck

Categories: Craft / Design

Clock maker. Invented the alloy of copper and zinc which closely resembles gold.

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Christopher Pinchbeck

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Pinchbeck at St John's

Christopher Pinchbeck, clock maker, 1670 - 1732.

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Dame Mary Quant

Dame Mary Quant

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2012 Olympic Games bell

2012 Olympic Games bell

It is the largest harmonically-tuned bell in the world. It was designed by the Whitechapel Foundry, but because of its size, they were unable to cast it. The task was carried out by a Dutch company...

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Dan Parkes

Dan Parkes

Clock-maker. We had 1989 as his date of death but in July 2024 we received this contact from Chris: "Dan’s distant nephew (grandson of his sister Elizabeth) here. Just to correct that 1989 is when...

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1 memorial
Josie Harris

Josie Harris

Mosaic/ceramic artist, active c. 2005.

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1 memorial
AOP, Another Orkney Production

AOP, Another Orkney Production

We know that AOP produced the Jellicoe plaques in c.2017, but apart from that we can find nothing. At a guess - they produce things and they are based in Orkney.

Group, Craft / Design, Scotland

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