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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 228

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artist would presumably be used for thepurpose. The following hues were very neatly executed in needleworkon a silk pad in a watch dating from 1780 :— Take this token which I give thee,It is one from friendships shrine,Place it where thoult think upon me,\^^en it meets those eyes of thine—Forget me… … Fig. 325.—Back of W^atch by Jas.MCabe, decorated with Gold ofvarious tints. 212 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers which a miniature or sketchcould be painted. Papers oftliis kind had a backing ofbright coloured silk or satinto give the best effect to theperforations. Some time agoI saw in a…

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