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 488
e p. 464. were added at the back of the movement to bring the winding squaresdown to the required position. About 1780 silvered dials shorn of all decorative engraving weresometimes used, and at the same period dials of iron or tin painted The Progression of English Domestic Clocks. 473 over made… … Fig. 615.—Finely engraved dial, about 1775. Figures at the cornersto represent the four seasons. examples collected by Mr. G. H. Newton of Watford. Nos. i, 2, 3,and 4 belonged to lantern clocks made between 1630 and 1680.No, 5 from a clock by Henry Jones about 1670. Nos. 6 to 23 arefrom long-case,…
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