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 136
ppears to hesitate, and then retires, refusing thegift. Abundance of foliage and fruit is spread over the three treesor columns supporting the dials, while a huge serpent gazingmenacingly at Adam is twined around the central trunk, andindicates the hour with its tail. For the photograph from… … Fig. iiS. the feet of the Captive, whose bound hands are tied to a post, sur-mounted by a rotating band, on which the quarter-hours areengraved. As the hour strikes the passive Prisoner is belabouredby the soldiers, their weapons rising and falling with each sound ofthe bell. The movement contained…
Clocks and watches · Clock and watch makers
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