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 481
me plinth ; the panels of the plinthshow very choice carvings of groups of children at play. EtienneMaurice Falconet, whose production of this and some other clock-cases stamps him as an artist of the front rank, was born in 1716 anddied in 1791, and seems to have been more appreciated after his… … Fig. 613.—Vase Clock ofMarie Antoinette. French Clocks and Cases in the French Style 465 when Comte de Camondo vSecured the Three Graces for 101,000 francs.His son, who is the present owner, has, it is said, refused an offer ofover a milhon francs for the treasure, which, in accordance with thewish…
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