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box of cylinder plugs

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  • Description

    Box of cylinder plugs

    rectangular wooden tray with 30 holes, glass and metal lid. Holes have different sizes of cylinder plugs, holes numbered. Handwritten on base "Cylinder Plugs".

    Cylinder plugs were replaceable plugs for complete with partly finished pivots, for fitting into the hollow cylinder staff when an old pivot had become broken or worn.

  • Accession Number
    2004.44.25
  • Accession Date
    21 May 2004
  • Other Id

    H289 (horology)

  • Department

    Applied Arts and Design

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  • box of cylinder plugs, 2004.44.25, H289, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • box of cylinder plugs, 2004.44.25, H289, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • box of cylinder plugs, 2004.44.25, H289, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • box of cylinder plugs, 2004.44.25, H289, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • box of cylinder plugs, 2004.44.25, H289, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • box of cylinder plugs, 2004.44.25, H289, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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