Inside Out Library

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 207

An illustration from 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, leaf 207
special interest, though it makes buta poor picture. The figures are in bright colours, and the ground adark brown. On p. 191 are some fine examples of varying periods. TheNativity is a beautiful piece of painting in the incomparable Huaudstyle on the back of a watch by Gribelin, Paris, dating from… … Fig. 262.—Watch in British Museum. Fig. 263.—Watch by JuUen le Roy. back of a watch by the younger Caron. Any appearance of vulgarityin the subject of the painting is quite atoned for by the adjoiningview of the inside of the case, where are represented the young motherand her babe. The…

Clocks and watches · Clock and watch makers

Internet Archive · Smithsonian Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from 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

More like this