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 390
e pendulum and strike-silent hands. A clock by VuUiamy in an uncommon and well-executed case ofwhite marble, with two boys of biscuit china and particularly reaHsticbuilding materials, is shown in Fig. 499. The Presence Chamber contains a sumptuous mantelpiece ofwhite marble, a magnificent piece of… … Fig. 501.—Clock in the Grand Reception-room at WindsorCastle. in form, measures about 10 in. across. Under the clock is theinscription by Cowper :— QU^ LENTxA ACCEDIT QUAM VELOX PRETERIT HORAUT CAPIAS PA7IENS ESTO SED ESTO VIGII, which Hayley happily rendered : — Slow comes the hour, its passing…
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