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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 214

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of it, proved veryattractive between 1760 and 1800. They were inexpensive and, as arule, of but little artistic merit, the most favoured designs being thosein which shipping and seaports were introduced. Many thousands ofthese were produced for the Dutch market by English watchmakers. The miniature… … Fig. 288.—Marat. Fig. 289.—Xapoleon. half-quarter repeater of French make, which is shown in Fig. 289, isfrom the Pierpont Morgan collection. This watch is said to have beengiven by Xapoleon to Marat on the fete day after the battle ofMarengo, 1800. No cost seems to have been spared either with…

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