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 204
55. A back view of a contemporary watch by Romilly, Paris, with prettyflower painting on a brown enamelled ground, is given in Fig. 255. Pocket Watches, etc. i8g A choicer piece of flower painting on enamel than is shown inFig. 256 it has never been my good fortune to see. This watchbelongs to the… … Fig. 257. Hack <>t watch byG. Achard et Fils, Geneva.Enamel painting studdedwith diamonds. Fig. 258. — Back of Frenchwatch. Enamel painting stud-ded with diamonds; surmount-ed by a bust of Louis XVI. As an example of English enamelling dating from about themiddle of the eighteenth century, is…
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