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 473
ounding in ormolu or giltmetal ornament so popular atthe latter part of the eigh-teenth and beginning of thenineteenth centuries, seem to have entirely died out of favour. AtWindsor Castle is an early example with a winged boy on each sideof the dial, and a celestial globe and mathematical… … Ftg. 602.—Clock Hands representingSport. French Clocks and Cases in the French Style 457 Clock hands do not as a rule lend themselves to decorationsymbolical of a particular subject, but three pairs typical respectivelyof Sport, Agriculture, and Music, which appear to be worth reproduc-tion, are…
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