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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 460

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primary object of a clock is to indicate the time, andthis point, which seems to have been too often ignored, has here beenproperly kept in view, and the elegant supporters in no way detractfrom the due prominence of the dial which measures 9 in. across,the whole structure being 3 ft. 8 in, in… … Fig. 586.—Clock, bj^ Bailty Tame, Paris, about 1769. 444 01^ Clocks and Watches and their Makers leaves and grapes which surmounts the dial is gilded. Thus acharming combination of colour is obtained quite worth}^ of the

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