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 436
ng bracket clock, with compUcated movements, in a caseinlaid with white metal and brass Boulle work, dating from about1690-1710, is shown in Fig. 544. At the top of the dial plate isengraved the motto, Xec pluribu? im par, the first two words pre- French Clocks mid Cases in the French Style 419… … Fig. 552. Clockmaker to Louis XIV., having lodgings in the Louvre, and onthe pedestals of the two columns, which are prominent features of thedial plate, is the doubled initial of the King, L.L., interlaced andreversed, surmounted by a crown. This treatment, coupled with the 420 Old Clocks and…
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