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 404
s vied with each other in ministering tothe pronounced taste for novelty of form and style. J. Berain,Jacques Caffieri, BouUe and Marot were among the most noted ofthose engaged in horological coverings. As will hz seen, some of the Fycnch Clocks and Cm^cs in ihc FvcncJi Style, etc. 389 earlier… … Fig. 506. a representation of Father Time with his scythe, or Minerva helmetedand holding a lance, or warriors, ancient or mediaeval, and occasionallya cupid or nude female figure. Flatterers of Louis XIV. likenedhim to the sun, and it will be noticed that pendulums and otherparts of many clocks…
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