Original article from The Antique Collector (February 1962), pp. 37–42.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (June 1975), pp. 134–136.
Original article about 30-hour cottage longcases from Antiques and Art Monitor (17–23 February 1979), pp. 14–17.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (May 1980), pp. 74–76.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 17 no. 10 (March 1983), pp. 33–35.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 19 no. 2 (June 1984), pp. 51–52.
Original article about a late seventeenth-century lantern clock by Richard Savage of Shrewsbury, from The Antique Collector (July 1986), pp. 48–49.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 21 no. 6 (November 1986), pp. 28–30.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (August 1984), pp. 60–61.
Original article from Discovering Antiques (1971), p. 6. Also includes "Day to day care of antique furniture" by Dennis Young, pp. 4–5.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 23 no. 7 (December 1988), p. 50.
Original article from The Connoisseur, vol. 35 no. 137 (January 1913), pp. 27–32.
Original articles from Art & Antiques Weekly (9–15 January 1981), pp. 23–25 and 26–27. Also includes issue cover.
Original article from Antique Collecting (March 1995), pp. 9–12.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (October 1975), pp. 67–69.
Original article in two parts from The Watch and Clock Journal (n.d.), pp. 21–25 and 48–53.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (October 1984), pp. 68–70.
Original article from The World of Antiques no. 2 (Autumn 1989), pp. 32–33.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (October 1990), pp. 52–53.
Photocopy of an article from Annals of Science, vol. 45 (1988), pp. 329–344.
Original article from The Antique Collector (August 1983), pp. 34–35.
Original article about alarm clocks from The Sunday Times Magazine (7 February 1988), pp. 64–65.
The subseries contains articles written by authors with surnames beginning with "N".
Original article from Journal Suisse d'Horologerie et de Bijouterie: Revue de la Société Suisse de Chronométrie (n.d.), pp. 243–252. Annotated '82'.
Original article from Jeweller and Metalworker (15 December 1950), pp. 1128–1130. Includes a page with portrait photos of James Oakes and E. T. Wright from the June 1950 issue.
Original article from the "Notes" section of The Connoisseur, vol. 35 no. 137 (January 1913), pp. 38–39.
Original article from Antique and Collectors Fayre, vol. 2 no. 12 (June 1988), pp. 24–26.
Original article from The Connoisseur, vol. 134 no. 540 (November 1954), p. 117.
Original article from the "Sub–assembly" section af an unidentified publication (April 1972), pp. 28–30.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (October 1949), pp. 30–32.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (November 1950), pp. 17–19.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (December 1950), pp. 30–32.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (March 1962), pp. 28–30.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (January 1954), pp. 17–19.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (January 1950), pp. 15–17.
Miniature lantern clock, possibly of Bristol origin, with a detailed description by Beresford Hutchinson.
A rare and very fine small mahogany tavern clock.
A fine and unusually small, lacquered tavern timepiece by this member of a well-known West Country family of clockmakers.
An exceedingly rare and probably unique English dial timepiece with superbly engraved silvered brass dial.
A very fine and early mahogany trunk dial timepiece of quite exceptional quality.
A fine and large skeleton timepiece of two-weeks duration, with passing strike at the hour, elaborate and highly decorative plates and superbly figured marble base.
An exceedingly rare mahogany tavern clock with silvered dial and hour striking movement.
A fine and unusually small, green lacquer longcase clock.
A very finely preserved and exceedingly rare mail coach timepiece with its original travelling case.
A very finely proportioned mahogany Laterndluhr timepiece.
A fine and rare early English dial timepiece with verge escapement.
A very good English dial timepiece with 14-inch engraved and silvered brass dial and single salt-box case.
A very fine Viennese mahogany Laterndluhr with grande sonnerie striking and of 8 days duration.
An exceptionally fine and possibly unique example of a mahogany trunk dial with 18 3/4 inch one-piece wood dial and hour striking movement.
Original binder label says "May 1979", but the earliest sale in the file is dated 21 July 1979.
Original binder label says "May 1979", but the earliest sale in the file is dated 5 January 1981.
This collection comprises over 2,000 framed 35mm colour slides with images of clock dials made mainly but not exclusively by Birmingham makers, taken by Frances Tennant. It also includes four boxes of index cards compiled by her, which were the original finding aids and which have been used in the compilation of this catalogue. The occasionally quirky descriptions of the dials are Frances Tennant's own.
Zonder titelImages of dials made by unknown makers.
Main dial: blue/grey moss roses, top corners with small blue flowers, strawberries bottom. Gilded gesso framing. Strike/silent in breakarch. Two ovals with Plato and Socrates in breakarch, gilded winding holes.
Main dial: blue/grey moss roses, top corners with small blue flowers, strawberries bottom, gilded gesso framing, strike/silent in breakarch, two ovals with Plato and Socrates in breakarch, gilded winding holes.
Main dial: arched dial repainted, bird on breakarch, all gesso corners.
Main dial: blue roses, corners distinctive, gesso with bow knots frame, figure of Drama / Melpomene (?) in breakarch, in not quite round gesso frame, bowknots and swags. Stub foot for date. Painted garland across centre hole.
Main dial: off-white, dianthus, blue flowers in corners; blue toned roses in breakarch, decorated gold winding holes.
Main dial: blue/white profiles of Plato and Socrates in breakarch, small strawberries and roses with blue flowers.
Main dial: cream, very fancy gesso corners, gesso in arch of moon. Hemispheres: maps, transfers, unique.
Moon faces: strong faces, unique. Moon scenes: exquisite detailed paintings, two land scenes.
Main dial: blue/grey, strawberries and primulas in corners, gesso framing.
Main dial: gesso corners with coloured ovals, fine painted hunting scene in breakarch, framed with gesso, gilded winding holes.
Moon faces: round, dark-eyed, pink cheeks, slightly worried look. Moon scenes: large ship at sea, side view; cottage in background .
Main dial: off-white, brilliant Christmas cracker decoration in corners, some gold leaf (see slide 850, also a suspect repaint, Wilson has the same bright colouring).
Main dial: off-white, fan and oval corners, very bright bird in reeds in centre.
Main dial: pale blue/grey, small roses in corners with dot gesso oval and gesso flourishes, moss roses centre. Hemispheres: North America with ecliptic.
Main dial: blue/grey, blue-toned roses and anemones corners, no gesso, bird with peach and cherries in breakarch.
Moon faces: pop-eyed. Moon scenes: landscape with two standing figures; ship on fire at sea (another example of the pop-eyed moon artist looking at death and destruction at sea).
Main dial: blue/grey, diamond gesso, spandrel corners, floral and scrolling either side of high oval in breakarch, fine painting of lady with lady with dog in oval.
Moon faces: squinty eyes. Moon scenes: landscape; ship at sea, very slanting waves.
Main dial: probably blue/grey, honeysuckle and anemone corners, no gesso, roses in centre; bird, strawberries and auriculas in breakarch, two lines at base of breakarch.
Main dial: off-white, orangey roses centre, honeysuckle and auriculas corners, gesso-framed. Hemispheres: maps, narrow USA, ecliptic above equator.
Main dial: blue/grey, auriculas corner and rosy blue florets (Thomas Gaskell).
Main dial: pale blue/grey, auriculas and nasturtiums gesso-framed corners, surprised-looking long tailed bird in breakarch with bachelor's buttons.
Main dial: creamy, gold framing, corners with roses, rocking ship in arch. Arch thinly painted.
Main dial: badly damaged, heavy overpainting, graphics.
Main dial: blue/grey, corners gesso oval with dots surrounding blue pink and red flowers, oval gesso acanthus also in corners, nigella and palm leaf centre.
Moon faces: pleasant. Moon scenes: ship with rigid waves; brown cottage and lake.
Main dial: blue-grey; moss roses and large vetch gesso-framed corners; decorated ribbon centre. Hemispheres: flowers. False plate: cast iron.
Moon faces: round-eyed, sweet face slightly smiling. Moon scenes: ship at sea; landscape with substantial house.
Main dial: carnations and yellow ranunculus corners; line-framed gold band around chapter ring; two ships in centre. False plate: double Wilson CI.
Main dial: ranunculus and moss roses gesso-framed corners. Hemispheres: untouched; North America, ecliptic above equator. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: vetch and pink roses gesso-framed corners; carnations centre; bird in breakarch with gesso scrolling. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey; one Osborne-type long-necked bird in centre; roses and carnations in corners, no gesso.
Main dial: roses and ranunculus gesso-framed corners. Hemispheres: North America, ecliptic above equator. False plate: cast iron.
Moon faces: rather serious. Moon scenes: mid-blue sky with comet, lakeside scene, well painted.
Main dial: tulips and fat roses gesso-framed corners; two medium long-tailed birds centre.