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 167
are, I think, more charming than the various floraldesigns popular during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The opening tulip bud, from the Soltykoff collection, which isshown in Fig. 168, must be admitted to be a very pretty artisticconceit. The dial and the covers or leaves are of silver,… … Fig. 166. Fig. 167. specimen by Bayr, who was, I think, a Dutch maker, is tobe seenin the British Museum. A larger counterfeit of the same flower appears in Fig. 167. Thebody of the case is of gold, and there are three bezels or covers ofsilver, each comprising a piece of rock crystal formed in the…
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