Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
June 1779
Primary Source Reference:
Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 39v
Notes:
James Cox (ca. 1723–1800) was a British jeweller, goldsmith and entrepreneur and the proprietor of Cox's Museum. He is now best known for creating ingenious automata and mechanical clocks, including Cox's timepiece, powered by atmospheric pressure, the Peacock Clock (now in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia) and the Silver Swan (now in the Bowe's Museum, County Durham, England).
The donor was Philadelphia merchant John Benezet (1749-1781).
Title Information:
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Several Superb and Magnificent Pieces of Mechanism and Jewellery: Exhibited in Mr. Cox's Museum, at Spring Gardens, Charing-Cross
Imprint Information:
London, 1772
