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 117
shown in Fig. 97. The plinth is of metal gilt, with crystalplaques, and contains the striking train. The remainder of themovement is in the upper case. The longer of the two hands,which at the first glance seems to be a minute hand, really pointsto the day of the month marked on a ring outside the… … Fig. 97. Portable Tiiiickccpcrs. 103 but the name J. \\olf appears on examination to be a recentaddition. It was formerly in the Bernal collection. The table clock represented in Fig. 98 resembles one at SouthKensington Museum, which, as already mentioned, was probablymade by Peter Hele, except…
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