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 486
in the morning and in the evening would be wideopen as shown, and a serpent, fixed by its tail to the velvet, wouldpoint to the hour with its tongue. Immediately after six oclock thefan suddenly closes, the serpent still pointing to six, but it would thenbe the figure on the right-hand side of the… … Fig. 619.—Fan-shaped Clock. Suspended Bird-Cage.—This, from the Schloss collection, isprobably a combined French and Swiss production of about 1780,An enamelled dial with centre seconds hand projects below thebottom of the case, the actuating mechanism being hidden in theplinth, which is adorned…
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