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 143
Joly. Fig. 123 represents one of the ghastly productions of a larger size.The skull is of silver gilt, and on the forehead is the figure of Deathwith his scythe and sand glass ; he stands between a palace on theone hand and a cottage on the other, with his toes applied equallyto the door of each ;… … Fig. 122. On the opposite or posterior part of the skull is a representationof Time, with anotlrer inscription from Horace:— Tempus edax rerum tuque invidiosa vetustas.(Time, and thou too, envious Old Age, devour all things.) He has a scythe ; and near him is a serpent with his tail m hismouth,…
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