Description (Inscription)
The white china dial is marked around the outer edge from 10-100 in increments of 10, with the inscription 'SPENCER & PERKINS LONDON' The left-hand inset dial is inscribed 'ONE MILE' and marked from 1-10. The right-hand inset dial is inscribed 'TWELVE MILES' and marked from 1-12.
Event Date
Author: David Kay

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found in a cardboard box containing twelve objects (1883.598 A, 1903.201, 1908.439 A, 1922.205, 1922.206, 1923.213.11, 1923.256.5, TEMP.00866, TEMP.00867, TEMP.00868, TEMP.00877, TEMP.00878) and marked 'Watch fobs, keys etc. Pedometers'.
Event Date 2019
Author: David Kay

Context (Analysis)
Cf. similar examples from the University of Oxford History of Science Museum (33898), Science Museum (1916-80) and British Museum (1958,1006.2481), which give the dates of production as between 1775 and 1794. The database page for the Oxford example also gives the address of Spencer & Perkins as 44 Snow Hill, London.
Event Date 28/3/2019
Author: David Kay

Description (Physical description)
Pedometer in brass and green shagreen case with hinged fob hook. The case is hinged, with an undecorated back connected by a left-hand side hinge to a front bevel decorated with brass studs and holding a domed glass cover with a flattened apex. A crown and penannular suspension loop protrude from the bottom, and a hinged ?bronze fob hook from the top. This fob hook is connected via a small chain to the internal mechanism, the swinging motion thereof operating the step counter when the user is walking. The white china dial is marked around the outer edge from 10-100 in increments of 10, with a large central hand and the inscription 'SPENCER & PERKINS LONDON' There also two small inset dials, only the left-hand of which retains its central hand. The left-hand dial is inscribed 'ONE MILE' and marked from 1-10. The right-hand dial is inscribed 'TWELVE MILES' and marked from 1-12.
Event Date 28/3/2019
Author: David Kay

Description (Physical description)
Pedometer in brass and green shagreen case with a hinged fob hook. The white china dial is marked around the outer edge from 10-100 in increments of 10, with a large central hand.
Event Date 9/6/2022
Author: Lizzy Peneycad