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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 144

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In Fig. 122 is shown a clock-collection. It is in a polygonalacross. On the top plate of thethe piece, which dates from aboutof Bartholomew Newsam. The late Mr. Edward Parr had a watch or table clock dating from Portable Timekeepers 127 1581, and probably of English make. It is in a circular case,… … Fig. 123.—Table Clock, about 1581. Ehzabeth in high relief, and other chasing, ornament the side of thecase. In a ring on the bottom of the case is the inscription :— POSVI DEVM ADIVTOREM MEUM. (/ have placed God as my Helper.) Against one of the winding holes is the letter W, and against theother…

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