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 583
century clocks of thebest class with circular enamelled dials, and usually in cases of 566 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers mahogany with finely figured surfaces, may be taken the one byVulhamy illustrated on p. 374, and one by Recordon shown inFig. 770. For a really perfect dial on this… … Fig. 773.—Edward Staunton, London, Ebony Eight-dayBracket Quarter Clock ; three bells ; height 17 in. ;about 1680. 7 ft. 8 in., the dial is 12 in. by 16 in., and it dates from about 1720.Fig. 775 is an unusual specimen, an eight-day striking clock, combininga fine marquetry case with an arched…
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