Main dial: geometric corners with morning glory; bunch of gold flowers above dial centre; large peaches and plums in breakarch.
Main dial: blue ovals in corners; well-painted ships automata in breakarch, two other ships in background. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: pink background, except for centre; gold flowers outlined black; gold decoration around aperture. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: gold with pink convolvulus corners; shells in breakarch.
Main dial: ruins in corners; Finnemore birds and flowers centre; very large lion with rolling eyes in breakarch. False plate: sheet iron.
Moon faces: red cheeks, red noses, full lips. Moon scenes: cottage with tower; small ship at sea.
Main dial: fan corners with gold roses. Hemispheres: maps.
Main dial: gold squared anchor and gold flowers corners; breakarch cottage on left, church on right, ship rocking. Hemispheres: unusual corners.
Moon faces: loose-lipped, red cheeks. Moon scenes: ship; cottage by water.
Main dial: off white; green shagreen corners with tulips and roses.
Main dial: green-based corners with roses and morning glories; anemone centre.
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.
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: cream, shells in corners, tower with flag in centre.
Moon faces: round-eyed, red cheeks, pleasant expression. Moon scenes: ship at sea, bright sky; cottage with two figures.
Main dial: blue anemone, yellow tulips. Hemispheres: bird and vague worlds. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: bright-blue background to floral corners, gold leaf corners, roses in corners. False plate: Francis W.
Main dial: no grommets, gold band.
Main dial: gold ovals, shaded green corners, odd breakarch, Walker-style use of bronze powder stencil motifs.
Main dial: off-white, pink ovals set in green with gold leaves, flat gold-framed corners. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: off-white, corners in pink/black with gold oval and laurel leaves. False plate: Hipkiss cast iron.
Main dial: off-white base colour, pink draped corners, gold fans, green wreath with red berries. Hemispheres: almost gone.
Moon faces: wide-eyed, pursed lips, heavy varnish. Moon scenes: house with mountains; peanut ship.
Main dial: fat pink roses corners, one very large ship, with sea painted edge of breakarch. False plate: cast iron, marked "E Hobson".
Moon faces: very round-eyed, full mouth, pink cheeks. Moon scenes: ship at sea; ruined church.
Main dial: formal corners with gold leaf, Hobson ship dial centre.
Main dial: anemone and tulip corners, two birds centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: off-white, seaweed and shells corners, odd flowers (gold) centre. False plate: cast iron.
Images of dials made by Jones & Carter, Birmingham dial makers active in 1809–19.
Main dial: baskets of flowers corners with decorative band, decorated unusual low oval containing name, funny motif under date.
Main dial: gesso whirligig corners; decorated arch seascape in breakarch with two ships.
Main dial: roses and crocus corners, long-necked birds centre with thin foliage. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: roses and tulips in gold with black detail in corners. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: four-seasons corners, roses centre. Hemispheres: maps, gold edges.
Moon faces: slightly squinting, very red nose. Moon scenes: ship at sea bright blue sky; ruined abbey with two figures.
Moon faces: pink-faced, round-eyed, small features. Moon scenes: ship at sea; landscape with lake, good foliage.
Main dial: blue-grey, anemone and rose corners, gesso-framed two birds in centre. False plate: cast iron.
Images of dials made by Edward Owen, a Birmingham dial maker active in the 1800s–1820s.
Main dial: four-continents corners, gold framed, gold circle outside chapter ring. Hemispheres: North America on right, ecliptic below equator. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey, primula or auricula gesso-framed corners; cottage and windmill in centre. Hemispheres: good maps, North America on right, ecliptic below equator. False plate: cast iron.
Moon faces: round-eyed, pleasant expression. Moon scenes: ship at sea; landscape with ruin and pointed-roofed house and tree.
Main dial: sheep in corners, framed on outside only. A late Owen with poor artwork. Hemispheres: sepia maps, North America on right. Partly visible moon scene: landscape with church on one side. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: off-white, gold leaf roses in corners, dotted framing on outside, orange band outside of chapter ring; sepia ruins dial centre. False plate: cast iron.
Moon faces: very round eyes, funny noses, blue around mouth and chin. Moon scenes: ship at sea; cottage with pointed roof by lakeside, tree in the middle.
Main dial: blue background, red-green fan corners with gold-leaf shells, two profiles in laurel wreaths dial centre (Wellington? Nelson?) False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: roses and poppies corners, small sailing ship in breakarch, cockerel above.
Main dial: off-white, rainbow corners with gold floral band, "D Attenborough" scratched on the back.
Main dial: four-seasons gold band. Hemispheres: maps. False plate: cast iron.
Moon faces: pink faces. Moon scenes: cottage; ship at sea.
Main dial: Owen dial cut out from original, much larger dial with Arabic numbers; name may not be original clockmaker. Carnation and primrose corners. Hemispheres: maps. False plate: cast iron. Owner most uncooperative about any photos or article.
Main dial: Owen dial cut out from original, much larger dial with Arabic numbers; name may not be original clockmaker. Carnation and primrose corners. Hemispheres: maps. False plate: cast iron. Owner most uncooperative about any photos or article.
Main dial: Owen dial cut out from original, much larger dial with Arabic numbers; name may not be original clockmaker. Carnation and primrose corners. Hemispheres: maps. False plate: cast iron. Owner most uncooperative about any photos or article.
Main dial: pale blue-grey centre, black with blue underneath, background to gold work; grapevine in breakarch.
Main dial: off-white, ship in centre, ranunculus top and vetch on bottom. Very similar Wilson.
Main dial: off-white, four-seasons corners, not Wilson artist, gold band. Hemispheres: late-Wilson type, ecliptic below equator on North America. False plate: very interesting Wilson.
Main dial: wheatsheaf and tools corners; two baskets with flowers centre; lemon gold used. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: bronze powder and pink floral corners and breakarch. Unique dial. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: odd corners, lots of lines, copper insert in centre breakarch. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: rosework. Hemispheres: good maps, North America on left, ecliptic below equator. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: gold and black-rayed ovals in corners, graduated green background with fronds in black.
Main dial: strange ovals and diamonds with holes in corners, orange and gold leaf.
Main dial: small roses enclosed in blue scrolls corners. Hemispheres: good maps, North America on right, ecliptic below equator.
Main dial: rather pale-faced four virtues corners. Hemispheres: North America on left, ecliptic below equator. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: four continents corners; gold band around outside chapter ring. Hemispheres: North America on left, ecliptic below equator. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: all gesso decorations, urn with scrolling; larger urn in breakarch with scrolling. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: gold ovals, red trim in corners, green scrumbled triangle, rose above centre.
Main dial: four continents corners, fine Gen Sir Ralph Abercrombie (d.1801), possible painted George Glover Walker (1767-1834). Went on to Walker & Hughes, fine special order dial, lots of repair marks.
Main dial: small roses corners with blue and gold framing, bird in centre.
Main dial: woman with anchor in breakarch, low oval gold rope surround with moss roses flanking tiny roses corners, gold framing, very interesting dial. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: lady with anchor in breakarch, gold frame, low oval in corners, shaded green-gold border; fancy work in breakarch either side of oval. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: anchors in corners and small gold flowers; bunch dial centre. False plate: cast iron.
Images of dials made by Walker & Hughes, a partnership of Birmingham dial makers, George Walker and Thomas Hughes, established around 1812.
Main dial: four-seasons corners, use of gold, blue background. Hemispheres: North America on right, ecliptic below equator.
Moon faces: round-eyed, rather pensive. Moon scenes: ship at sea in storm; cottage with standing figures.
Main dial: fat pink roses with heavy rope framing; pansy, morning glory dial centre; huntsman in breakarch. False plate: yes, no information.
Main dial: well-painted four-seasons corners, honeysuckle centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: morning glory and pansy corners. Hemispheres: North America on left, ecliptic below equator.
Main dial: cream stylised single roses in bitty corners. Hemispheres: North America, ecliptic below equator. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: gold and black whirligig corners; gold, silver and copper paint.
Main dial: bitty corners with ovals, morning glory, daffodils. Hemispheres: invisible.
Main dial: swag and oval corners, two swans in breakarch. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: shell and seaweed in arch, green background to corners, vase of flowers containing auriculas; dial top centre.
Main dial: rose and tulips corners with outside pink framing, two long-tailed birds centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: off-white; moss roses and primula corners with L-frame; scene in breakarch: Raphael's Presentation at the Temple.
Main dial: shell corners with sgraffito band, gilded gesso band. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: dated plate (1822); gold roses corners.
Moon faces: pleasant, rather happy, very pink faces. Moon scenes: small ship at sea; Georgian house by lakeside with swans.
Main dial: well-painted four-seasons ladies corners, one is bearded lady for winter; gold band outside of chapter ring. Hemispheres: good maps, North America on left, ecliptic below equator. False plate: cast iron.
Moon faces: pensive, red cheeks. Moon scenes: ship at sea; goddess with horn of plenty and grapes, by urn in landscape (well painted, unusual single figure).
Main dial: four seasons (three ladies, one man) in corners; different artist than bearded lady ones; gold band outside chapter ring. Hemispheres: North America on right, ecliptic below equator.
Moon faces: round-eyed, pink cheeks and noses. Moon scenes: ship at sea; cottage with abbey tower.
Moon faces: round-eyed, pink cheeks and noses. Moon scenes: ship at sea, regular waves; large white Georgian house by river or lake with swans.
Main dial: silver leaf; green shells corners with gold grape leaves, diamonds in humps. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: gold ovals with fruit and flowers. Hemispheres: maps. False plate: cast iron with name.
Moon faces: red cheeks, serious expression. Moon scenes: usual Georgian house and two swans; ship at sea.
Main dial: unusual day of week aperture, short, square-ended, no teeth.
Main dial: auriculas, short squared aperture with wheel dial, no teeth.
Main dial: transfer for numerals and signature.
Moon faces: serious. Moon scenes: ship at sea, no sails; white mansion, well painted.