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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 561

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ractmerely by reason of the grotesque appearance of the ornament.Occasionally may be seen a clock, the door of which is ornamentedwith Oriental lacquer in relief, while the surface of the rest of the caseis merely japanned with poor designs in stencil. An example of a very fine green lacquer case… … Fig. 724.—Wm. BaU,B i,c e s^te r ; centreseconds, moon andcalendar (see p. 646). Fig. 725. — Clock byEardley Norton, GreenLacquer Case. The Progression of English Domestic Clocks 545

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