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 528
i of Eui^iish Domestic Clocks. 513 be kept and worn, or used, by any Person, there shall be charged anAnnual Duty of Two Shillings and Sixpence. It recjuires an effort to realize that such an impost prevailed butlittle over a century ago. Among other provisions of the Act wasone declaring tliat… … m ^^ ,. Fig. 6: -Chiming clock by S. Rimbault. of London and Westminster, the parishes of St. Marylebone andSt. Pancras, the Counties of Middlesex and Surrey shall pay anannual duty of two shillings and sixpence. In any other part ofthe country such a maker or dealer was let off by paying a…
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