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 523
of greatability and taste, who nodoubt helped to make hisname. Zoffany painted aportrait of his masterwhich pleased Rimbault so much that he introduced him toWilson, the portrait painter. Zoffany was then employed by Wilsonto fill in draperies, etc., at a salary of £40 a year, and while withhim his… … Fig. 672.—Musical clock by Wm. Webster. TJic Pro<^icssioii of Eiif^^lisJi Domestic Clocks 509 given in Fig. 678, for which I am indebted to Mr. Webster. Theywere generally plain in outline, and inlaid after the Sheraton style,but their beauty really lay in the graceful harmony of the…
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