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 447
ch sideof which the statuettes arearranged. The houris shownby the coincidence of anumeral with the brass vertical bar supporting the globe, while theDestroyer is posed to indicate the minutes with his scythe. The Wallace collection also includes more than one fine globeclock with hour and minute… … Fig. 561. FiCiic/i Clocks and Cases in tlic French Style, etc. 433 mountings. A serpent coiled round the foot of the vase had its lieaderect to point to the hour on the double polygonal band. Fig. 565 shows a larger urn or vase mounted on an elaboratelycarved square plinth ; a somewhat similar…
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