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 232
e ground work to leave the plaques forthe minute figures, the outline for the hour numerals and the ornamentbetween the numerals in relief involved considerable labour. In 1729,engravers petitioned the Clockmakers Company to debar one Griliatfrom proceeding with a project he had for producing dial… … Fig. 332.—Pink and white enamel dialon Tompion watch. 2ll Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers. the end of the seventeenth century dials with a gold centre andouter ring of enamel were favoured by some French makers. Plainwhite enamel dials seem to have been introduced in France andSwitzerland…
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