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 135
affected. The plates of the movement are gilded, and the trainwheels are of steel. The case is of ebony. A peculiar early seventeenth century striking clock is shown inFig. 112. As the hours are sounded the negros head moves, and 120 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers. the dog at his feet… … Fig. 117.—Crucifix clock. hollow globe, on which the hours are marked, dates from about 1650;the female figure bearing the horary numerals on a revolvingcrown and holding a sceptre and child with an orb is a little later.The movement of this is inscribed Jereme Pfaff, Augsburg. Porlahlc…
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