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 261
Fig. 385.—Fine specimen, about 1710. In Figs. 382, 383, and 384 are shown a rather smaller clock and alarmwatch, which strikes the hours and half-hours. The inner and outercases as well as the dial are of silver. On the movement is the inscrip- 244 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers tion,… … Fig. 386.—Beautifully pierced and engraved specimen, about 1680. silver splendidly pierced and chased, with representations of huntingscenes, flowers, and birds, as shown ; there is an outer case of fish skin.The number of blows last struck may be repeated at pleasure by pullinga string depending…
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