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- 1930s–1950s (Creation)
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approx. 700 glass plate and film negatives (2 linear metres)
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Biographical history
Percy G. Dawson (1905–1992) was an antiquarian and clock-case maker based in London, the author of The Iden Clock Collection (Antique Collectors Club, 1987) and co-author of Early English Clocks: A discussion of domestic clocks up to the beginning of the eighteenth century (Antique Collectors Club, 1994). He was a member of the British Horological Institute, a founding member of the Antiquarian Horological Society, and the editor of Antiquarian Horology from 1953 till 1959. In 1994 the AHS introduced the Percy Dawson Medal for the best article by a new author submitted to Antiquarian Horology, to pay tribute to the memory of its first editor.
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This collection comprises mainly glass plate and film negatives of early English clocks, clock inscriptions and clockmakers’ portraits, collected by Percy G. Dawson. Many have been used in his books.
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No further deposits are expected.
System of arrangement
The collection is arranged into eight wooden boxes of glass and film clock negatives (numbered 1-8 and containing items sized 17x23cm), one wooden box of class negatives of clock inscriptions and clockmakers’ portraits (marked ‘A’ and containing items sized 13x17cm), and five boxes of index cards. The glass negatives are arranged by inventory (clock) number, and each negative also carries a unique negative number. Film negatives are arranged by negative number; they are in extremely poor condition.
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The Percy Dawson archive is sorted but not catalogued, so it is not available for access at the moment.
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The collection awaits cataloguing