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 nearly twelve thousand makers (1922)
Britten, F. J. (Frederick James), 1843-1913, Britten, Annie · London : E. & F. N. Spon · leaf 133
Clock, similar one at the British Museum. for showing the hour. Some instances of the more or less grotesqueconceptions then in favour are appended, most of them being fromthe Schloss collection. ii6 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers Fig. HI shows a crowned lion of gilt copper holding an orb… … Fig. 115.—-Revolving Hollow Globe, dating fromabout 1650. struck the animals lower jaw moves up and down. The movementis contained in an ebony box, which forms the plinth. A dog guarding the dial with its paw, as shown in Fig. 112 is ofmuch the same character. Portable Timekeepers 117 Fig. 113…
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