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 131
Fig. 112. convenience for showing the hour. Some instances of the more orless grotesque conceptions then in favour are appended, most ofthem being from the Schloss collection. I 2 ii6 Old Clocks and ]VatcJiLS and their Makers. Fig. 109 shows a crowned lion of gilt copper holding an orb in itsright… … iij- struck the animals lower jaw moves up and down The movementis contained in an ebony box, which forms the plinth. A dog guarding the dial with its paw, as shown in Fig. no, is ofmuch the same character. Portable Timekeepers. 117 Fig. Ill shows a splendid example of its kind, in which a…
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