Main dial: off-white, convolvulous corners with primulas; farm scene breakarch.
Main dial: off-white, morning glory in scroll and lattice corners with gold; Arts and Trade in breakarch. Good painting.
Main dial: off-white, morning glory in scroll and lattice corners with gold; Arts and Trade in breakarch. Good painting.
Main dial: off white, very plain, no decoration. Superb quality.
Moon faces: pensive, tiny mouth. Moon scenes: ship at sea; landscape with tall half-timbered house.
Main dial: off-white four-seasons corners; gold band outside chapter ring. Hemispheres: North America on left, ecliptic above equator.
Images of dials made by Wright & Company, Birmingham dial makers active in the 1800s–1820s.
Main dial: blue-grey, anemone and rose corners, gesso-framed two birds in centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey, anemone and rose corners, gesso-framed two birds in centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: off-white, fan corners with gold. Very bright small birds in centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey.
Moon faces: pink-faced, round-eyed, small features. Moon scenes: ship at sea; landscape with lake, good foliage.
Main dial: slight blue-grey tone, moss and full roses corners impinge on chapter ring; girl with funny dog in high oval breakarch. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: pink-faced four-seasons ladies, stiff foliage, scalloped gold band outside chapter ring. Hemispheres: odd maps, outside latitude numbers. False plate: cast iron.
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Moon faces: exactly like Hobson moon faces. Moon scenes: castle; rather "peanut" ship at sea.
Main dial: fan and garland corner; bad blowtorch damage; heavy moon arch. Hemispheres: Hobson maps. False plate: separate slide of false plate. Rather rare dial maker, W.M. Wood, but Hobson maps.
Main dial: peacock feathers corners, heavy Arabic, tail on four, oblong; never seen this. Hemispheres: Hobson maps and moon dial. False plate: cast iron, W. Wood.
Images of dials made by William Wood, a Birmingham dial maker active c1820.
Main dial: gold and red fan corners, green on silver leaf background with small roses corners. False plate: cast iron.
Complete repaint done, no trace of original square. Main dial: eight-day, watercolour-style flowers. False plate: cast iron, William Whitacre top, Halifax bottom.
Main dial: floral corners, bright green background with red scrolling gold, with flowers in corners; green had crumbled. False plate: cast iron.
Brass moon dial. Moon faces: very round, almost pop eyes, red nose, pink cheeks. Moon scenes: curious rocks on seaside; cottage with funny standing figure, very long.
Moon faces: pink cheeks, funny, very shaped mouths. Moon scenes: ship at sea; remains of tower and house with red roof by lakeside.
Brass moon dial.
Brass moon dial.
Moon faces: pop eyes. Moon scenes: ship, only partly sails set; cottage with standing figure.
Moon faces: usual round-eyed. Moon scenes: ship with no sails set; church with red roof and tower.
Main dial: green background flowers corners; bunch of flowers bottom; unusual maps. False plate: cast iron. 1803 on movement.
Main dial: green background flowers corners; bunch of flowers bottom; unusual maps. False plate: cast iron. 1803 on movement.
Main dial: floral corners with pink roses and blue morning glory top and red rose or ranunculus bottom; gold lines, chapter ring protruding; coppery moon. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: crude fan corners, green and gold; two birds and roses dial centre, flower on moon post. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: floral corners, green with peaches, gold either side with roses, red ends originally silver leaf. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: floral corners, red on gold corners with gold flowers; wide decorated garlands on humps, mental band on humps. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: floral corners, plain emerald green background to flowers with a touch of gold, garlands with gold under name. Hemispheres: maps. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: floral corners, plain emerald green background to flowers with a touch of gold, garlands with gold under name. Hemispheres: maps. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: off-white, flared tulips on gold corners with unusual border. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: bright-blue background to floral corners, gold leaf corners, roses in corners. False plate: Francis W.
Main dial: cream, shells in corners, tower with flag in centre.
Main dial: no grommets, gold band.
Main dial: gold shells corners, swan, strawberries.
Main dial: L-shaped corners with morning glories, tiny fans, romantic scene breakarch with white border.
Main dial: small downhill castles corners, fantastic ruined house.
Main dial: creamy, flowers in blue corners, other version of pig sticking in breakarch; very small pony.
Main dial: pale cream, anemones and tulips in corners, pigsticking in India in breakarch; probably inspired by print of the period. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: gold roses corners with yellow ochre band; shepherdess in breakarch. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: small downhill castles corners, fantastic ruined house.
Moon faces: pop-eyed, red cheeks and noses, tiny mouths. Moon scenes: ship at sea, heeled over; large white house by river.
Moon faces: pop-eyed, red cheeked. Moon scenes: ship at sea; church by waterside.
Moon faces: red cheeks and noses, wide eyes. Moon scenes: ship at sea; large building and two figures.
Moon faces: staring eyes. Moon scenes: log-like ship; bright colours.
Moon faces: round-eyed, red cheeks and noses, cheerful. Moon scenes: small ship at sea; double cottage with tower.
Moon faces: fat pink and red cheeks, full lower lips. Moon scenes: log-like ship, big sails; red-roofed cottage by road.
Moon faces: prissy. Moon scenes: boat with sail; building with tower and corkscrew trees.
Moon faces: round-eyed, red cheeks, pleasant expression. Moon scenes: ship at sea, bright sky; cottage with two figures.
Moon faces: round-eyed, short pink nose, pink cheeks. Moon scenes: ship with odd sails at sea; landscape with cottage on bluff with lake.
Main dial: breakarch automata, shagreen centre, name in gold, fan corners. Originally rocking ship in breakarch; clockmakers changed this to two figurines, one with short axe. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: breakarch automata, shagreen centre, name in gold, fan corners. Originally rocking ship in breakarch; clockmakers changed this to two figurines, one with short axe. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: breakarch automata, shagreen centre, name in gold, fan corners. Originally rocking ship in breakarch; clockmakers changed this to two figurines, one with short axe. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: cream, medium dull-blue background with a crudely painted strawberry; gold band outside chapter ring. Hemispheres: North America, ecliptic below equator. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue background, four Evangelists, well painted, gold band. Hemispheres: maps, North America on right, ecliptic above equator. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: off-white, bronze powder background four Apostles, gold band outside chapter ring. Hemispheres: North America on left. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue anemone, yellow tulips. Hemispheres: bird and vague worlds. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: cream, castles with no background corners. Hemispheres: North America on right, ecliptic below equator. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: mid-blue background, brightly coloured four seasons ladies; gold band on outside chapter ring. Hemispheres: North America, ecliptic below equator. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: four seasons, funny faces. Hemispheres: gold pagodas. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: four continents corners, long faces. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: ladies of four continents, pale faces, artistically painted, delicate colours; gold band outside chapter ring. Hemispheres: maps, North America on right, ecliptic above equator. False plate: cast iron.
Images of dials made by William Francis, a Birmingham dial maker active in the 1810s–1830s.
Main dial: cream-gold background to everything, roses, poppies in corners; corners fine painting of Durham Cathedral named in breakarch. False plate: sheet iron.
Main dial: fully-painted abbeys corners; fat pink roses and birds. False plate: sheet iron.
Main dial: small fans, morning glory and gold leaf roses corners; shells and seaweed dial centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: gold apex corners, black background to strawberries and white flower. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: pink roses, gold leaf roses corners, also gold leaves.
Main dial: pink roses with orange band corners.
Main dial: large pink roses with yellow ochre band in corner; bird above dial centre.
Main dial: fruit and slightly geometric corners, two morning glory centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: fat pink roses in vague geometric corners.
Main dial: roses in gold corners. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: roses in corners with diamond and ovals in two bands.
Main dial: roses in lattice corners, similar to Walker and Finnemore work.
Main dial: castles in corners with blue figures, birds in centre. False plate: sheet iron.
Main dial: gold squiggles, flowers, birds centre, good example of type.
Main dial: gold flowers corners with foliage.
Main dial: pink roses on yellow background, gold band with flowers corners.
Main dial: black background to corners with pears, gold edge to corners, vignette (ruins) above centre
Main dial: gold leaf decorated apex of corner, black background to pink and yellow roses, blue morning glories, two long-tailed birds dial centre.
Main dial: green-based corners with roses and morning glories; anemone centre.
Main dial: large pink roses with gilt 'feathers' corners, large parrot tulip top dial centre.
Main dial: shell and geometric corners with Greek key banding, two birds dial centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: off-white, fat pink roses corners with reverse fan; three stylized peacock feathers top dial centre.
Main dial: fan corners, fat bird with long tail dial centre.
Main dial: off white; green shagreen corners with tulips and roses.
Main dial: fan corners with whirligig border.
Main dial: modified fan corners with decorated bands, two long-tailed birds dial centre.
Main dial: star in dark corners with gold, red and yellow ochre.
Main dial: very plain heavy dial.