Old clocks and watches & their makers, being an historical and descriptive account of the different styles of clocks and watches of the past, in England and abroad, to which is added a list of ten thousand makers (1904)
Britten, F. J. (Frederick James), 1843-1913 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 105
Hubert on the top, all enamelled in brilliant colours and blazingwith diamonds and emeralds, the work of Johan Christoph Kohler.Then there is the famous Tower of Babel clock, made in 1602 byHans Schlothein, of Augsburg. It is in the form of a tower of gilded go Old Clocks and ]Vatches and their… … Fig. 87. tower and, running all the way down the spiral gallery, enters a doorat the bottom, when a bell rings. Of the horological treasures in the Historical Museum at DresdenI can give three illustrations, and wall begin with the remarkable Portable Timekeepers. 91 clock of which a view appears…
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