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 206
is. A back view of a contemporary watch by Romilly, Paris, with prettyflower painting on a brown enamelled ground, is given in Fig. 258. Pocket Watches, Etc. 189 A choicer piece of flower painting on enamel than is shown inFig. 259 it has never been my good fortune to see. This watch belongsto the… … Fig. 260.—Back of Watch byG. Archard et Fils, Geneva.F^namel painting studded withdiamonds. Fig. 261.—Back of French Watch.Enamel painting studded withdiamonds ; surmounted by abust of Louis XVI. As an example of Enghsh enamelling dating from about themiddle of the eighteenth century, is shown, in…
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