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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 489

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, 1808. Mr. R. EdenDickson has one ; another belongs toMr. W. W. Astor ; I saw a line specimendating from about 1820, inscribed JohnBentley and James Beck, Royal Ex-change. For the example in Fig. 622,which is signed Henry Bell, Mount St.,I am indebted to Messrs. Jump & Sons.The three dials… … French Clocks and Cases in the French Style 473 of foreign construction and of the late 18th century. The boardto which the rack is fastened is of ebony and red tortoise-shell.The clock is wound by simply pushing it up to the top of therack and is its own driving weight. It takes about 30 hours…

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