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 166
ther specimen from the Soltykoff collection, in a crystalescallop case, shown in Fig. 161, has very primitive mechanism, byPhelisot, horlogev dc la ville de Dijon. The dial, finely engraved, is ofsilver, with gilt hour band ; the hand is in the form of a lizard. The pear-shaped watch shown in Fig.… … Fig. 164. Fig. 165. repository as the preceding, has covers back and front; around theband are figures typical of spring, summer, autumn and winter.The dial is of silver gilt, with a white band on which the hournumerals are engraxed. In the centre of the dial is engraved arepresentation of Christ…
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