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 496
Fig. 630.— Great Chamber Clock/ 1623. In the earliest of these clocks the dials were, as a rule, thickly gilt ;the hour circles narrow and the numerals stumpy, the front one of thefrets surrounding the bell at top, in many instances, had a shield for The Progression of English Domestic Clocks 479 … Fig. 631.—Side door of Clock. the crest or initials of the owner. The doors were often made of sun-dial plates, as may be seen from the engraving on the insides of earlyspecimens ; doubtless the introduction ofclocks played havoc with the demand forthe older time recorder, and inducedmany sun-dial…
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