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 614
of Parliamentclocks may still occasionally be seen. The appended illustration (Fig. 820) of a specimen atWindsor Castle, with a white dial, is curious, inasmuch as the fourthhour is indicated by IV. instead of the almost universal IIII. Watchmakers obtained from Parliament in 1798 some little… … Fig. 820.— Act of Parliament Clock. 598 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers licence, [although watch-case-makers were absolved from thenecessity of doing so. In 1803 the licence underwent further alteration ; for trading in goldover 2 dwts. and under 2 oz., or in silver over 5 dwts. and under…
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