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 225
on theunder side and a row of pins inserted around the edge of thetortoise-shell to secure it to the metal. The picture could be clearlyseen through the tortoise-shell and appeared to be covered with akind of glaze. Strong and inexpensive outer cases ol metal, coveredwith some kind of skin, were… … Fig. 316.—Out-case of Watch byTompion, about 1695. Tortoise-shell with Silver inlaid as shown. Fig. 317.-—Tortoise-shell Out-case,decorated with Silver in theChinese stjde ; about 1730.
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