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 365
and strike-silent hands. A clock by Vulliamy in an uncommon and well-executed case ofwhite marble, with two boys of biscuit china and particularly realisticbuilding materials, is shown in Fig. 463. 350 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers. The presence chamber contains a sumptuous mantelpiece… … ^ * ->*, ,t ^- Fig. 465. in form, measures about ten inches across. Under the clock is theinscription by Cowper :— QU^ LENTA ACCEDIT QUAM VELOX PR/ETERIT HORAUT CAPIAS PATIENS ESTO SED ESTO VIGIL, which Hayley happily rendered :— Slow comes the hour, its passing speed how great!Waiting to seize…
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