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 585
eir Makers The introduction of cheap American clocks was disastrous to theold English ones, and between 1850 and 1860 thousands of goodserviceable long-case timekeepers were sacrificed, the cases beingchopped up for firewood and the substantial brass movementsconsigned to the melting-pot. Bracket… … Fig. 776. —Humfrey Adamson, red tortoise-shell case, about 1680. Of the early types with metal cases, examples have already beengiven. Fig. 773 shows a large bracket clock by Edward Stauntonwhich is in the Wetherfield collection, and dates from about 1680.Here, as in the long-case clock by John…
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