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 216
Fig. 291.—A Gold Enamelled Plaque,finely painted over the balance. glass in the back, through which a very choice bit of floral enamelpainting is to be seen. The back of the two cases are so well fittedtogether that it requires minute scrutiny to detect that the enamelledcentre is not part of the… … M ¥ *<^ f During the eighteenth century the cockor bridge covering the balance of thewatch, and concealed until the movementwas turned out of the case, was occasion-ally decorated with painting in enamel.Fig. 291, given as an illustration, is a watchsigned Flamant a Paris. It has a giltmetal…
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