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 507
re sent by ships engagedin the tea trade to China to be decorated, and that a delay of two yearsor so would occur before they reached England again. Then theDutch engaged in the art, and afterwards the lacquering or japanningof cases was practised in England. While a few of the specimens now 492… … Fig. 646.—Chippen-dale. :i^iiiiii;i:i!.!i^li:!iiliiiliiii.:^!ii Fig. 647.—Chippendale. A square-headed clock case with the Oriental lacquer-workdecoration in relief, is shown in Fig. 640. The clock, which was inthe possession of Mr. John T. Trotter, bore the name of Anthony The Piogycssion of…
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