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 65
s of copper gilt; the weights are of lead cased in copper, gilt andengraved; on the one visible in the engraving are the initial lettersof Henry and Anne with true lovers knots above and below ; on theother H. A. alone; at the top of each is Dieu et mon droit ; atthe bottom the most happye ! The… … of the sixteenth centiify.A sight of the clockevoked from HarrisonAinsworth a reflectionto which but few willtake exception. Thislove token of enduringaffection remains thesame after three cen-turies, but four yearsafter it was given theobject of Henrys eternallove was sacrificed onthe scaffold.…
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