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 146
hus was Portable Timekeepers 129 Running below these compartments on both sides there is an openwork, of about an inch in width, to permit the sound to come outfreely when the watch strikes. This is formed of emblems belongingto the Crucifixion—scourges of various kinds, swords, the fiagon andcup… … Fig. 125.—Silver-Gilt Skull Watch of a large .size. the hammer and nails, and the crown of thorns. Under all these isthe motto :— Scala coeli ad gloriam via.(The way to glory is the ladder to heaven.) The watch is opened by reversing the skull and placing the upperpart of it in the hollow of the…
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