Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (October 1986), pp. 58–61.
Original article about Sir William Congreve, from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (October 1987), pp. 52–54.
Parts 1 and 4 of a series of original articles from Antiques Advertiser South-East (April/June 1994 and January/March 1995), pp. 20–22 and 24–26 respectively. Part 4 is entitled "The Golden Era of French horology, 1780–1830".
Original articles from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (October 1994), pp. 24–27 and 21–23.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 20 no. 7 (December 1985), pp. 25–26.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 12 no. 1 (May 1977), pp. 18–20.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 17 no. 8 (January 1983), pp. 23–25.
Original article about Goethe's house in Frankfurt-am-Main, from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (October 1975), pp. 86–90.
Original article from Antique Finder (April 1973), pp. 56–59. Also includes a review of Carriage Clocks, a book by Charles Allix and Peter Bonnert.
Original article from Journal Suisse d'Horologerie et de Bijouterie: Revue de la Société Suisse de Chronométrie (n.d.), pp. 690–693 and 694–696.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (February 1967), pp. 65–66.
Original article about lantern clocks, from The Antique Collector (February 1981), pp. 68–72.
Original article from The Antique Collector (April 1985), pp. 74–79.
Original article from The Antique Collector (November 1987), pp. 106–111.
Original article about Swatch wrist watches from The Times Saturday Review (30 November 1991), p. 32.
Bound reprint from Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London, vol. 25 no. 1 (June 1970), pp. 79–86.
Two copies of an original article from The Antique Collector (January 1977), pp. 68–72.
Original article from The Antique Collector (February 1980), pp. 76–77.
Original article about watch-key collecting, from Arts & Antiques (14 December 1974), pp. 25–27.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (May 1986), pp. 68–69.
Original article from The Antique Collector (1955), pp. 220–221.
Original articles from Antique Collecting (March 1985), pp. 37–43 and 62–63. Also includes antique clock dealers' advertisement pages and directory.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (September 1964), pp. 36–38.
Two copies of an original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 13 no. 2 (June 1978), pp. 26–28.
Original article from "Inside the Trade" section of Antique Collector (December 1982), no pagination.
Original article from The Connoisseur (May 1939), pp. 270–274.
Original article about the Habsburg auction of Breguet watches, from The Antique Collector (April 1991), pp. 26–31.
Original article about musical boxes from Art & Antiques Weekly (13–19 February 1981), pp. 20–23.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 13 no. 7 (December 1978), pp. 30–32.
Original article from Das Heimatblättle (February 1972), pp. 1–4.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 15 no. 2 (June 1980), pp. 33–35.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (May 1981), pp. 61–63.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (October 1981), pp. 60–62.
Original articles from Antique Collecting (February 1992), pp. 28–31 and 32–35. Also includes antique clock dealers' directory.
Original article from Art & Antiques (16 September 1982), pp. 19–22.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (January 1974), pp. 97–100.
Two copies of an original article from "The world of antique clocks" section of The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (August 1975), pp. 120–125.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (May 1978), p. 90–92.
The subseries contains articles written by authors with surnames beginning with "V".
Original article from Journal of the Society of Arts (21 May 1886), pp. 740–750.
Original article from Endeavour no. 99, vol. 26 (September 1967), pp. 122–125.
Original article from the "Collectors' Club" section of Discovering Antiques (n.d.).
Original article from La Suisse Horlogère (October 1954), pp. 1–30.
Original articles from Antique Collecting, vol. 22 no. 10 (March 1988), pp. 7–11 and 4–6. Also includes antique clock dealers' advertisement pages and directory.
Original article from Antique Collecting (March 1995), pp. 4–8.
Original article from The Connoisseur (March 1903), pp. 169–174.
Original article from Country Life (26 January 1978), pp. 199–201.
Original article from Country Life (26 May 1988), p. 214.
The subseries contains articles written by authors with surnames beginning with "Z".
Large folder of booklets, articles, patents, circulars, notes, photographs, transparency slides and related correspondence.
Photocopy of the English translation of an article originally published in French in vol. 20 no. 21 of Les Comptes Rendus (May 1845). Translation published in Electrical Magazine vol. 2.
Bound photocopies of articles published in English Mechanic and World of Science.
Photocopy of two news pages, including articles on "Honors for the Trade", "Casket for the American Ambassador" and "The Silver Market".
Original Royal Society of Arts publication of six lectures delivered before the Society in January and February 1908.
Photocopies of nine articles published in the Proceedings of The Institution of Electrical Engineers between 1915 and 1962. Includes cover letter, dated 20 Mar 1970, from the Institute to C. K. Aked, with a list of eleven articles on the topic of electrical horology. All in envelope postmarked 24 May 1971.
Photocopy of a fragment of an article published in Journal of the Royal Naval Scientific Service (vol. 4 no. 3).
Photocopy of an article published in Journal of the Royal Naval Scientific Service (vol. 11 no. 6).
Copy of an article published in Mat. Med. Nordm. vol 23.
Delivered at a Northern Section meeting on 11th May. Copy of an article published in Antiquarian Horology.
Photocopy, pasted into a notebook, of an article published in The Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 28.
Photocopy of an obituary of the British scientist, inventor and collector Edward Hall (1924–2001), published in The Times. File also includes photographs of clock movements and a comparison sheet between four Smiths Quartz Movements.
Handwritten volume, compiled by A. Shenton, arranged chronologically. Includes authors' names with occasional biographical notes, publications and sources.
Two originals torn out of Jeweller and Metalworker (January 1951 and March 1952) and two photocopies from Jewellers Journal Book of Recipes (n.d., nineteenth century).
Includes Ray-o-Vac, Duracell, Seiko, Renata, Exide, etc. Most undated. Includes an article from an unidentified publication, in French and English, on watch batteries, no. 403 of Southern Watch and Clock Supplies Ltd News, and a photocopy of the United States Patent Office patent for alkaline dry cell (1951).
Also includes press release regarding sale of Important Clocks and Watches (n.d.).
Eight pages. Includes information about a silver pair-cased watch from 1789 and three pedometers.
Includes related correspondence.
Bound copies of extracts from Horological Journal.
Held at the School of Horology, Blanchardstown, Dublin, on 14 Dec 1976 to mark the bicentenary of the death of John Harrison. Signed by W. Stuart.
Held at Hôtel des Bergues on Sunday 14th November 1993. By Antiquorum Auctioneers.
Typescript with photographs.
Enlarged photographic copy, previously framed, showing the inside of the shop with a naval officer purchasing a chronometer, the "Tempus Fugit" motto and establishment date of 1749. J. W. Benson was a watch and chronometer maker.
Album containing the complete series of 25 cards. Purchased from The Good Olde Days shop in Brighton. Also includes a letter from the seller, a photocopy of "An Unusual Collection", an article about the cigarette cards published in Antique Clocks vol. 11 no. 10 (March 1989), and of a press cutting about books on sundials.
This series comprises images of clock dials made by known Birmingham makers.
The dials have been categorised by Frances Tennant into the following dial types:
12 o'clock moon, Arched with moon, Automata, Birds in arch, Brass arched, Brass arched moon, Brass square, Gesso in arch, High oval in arch, Low oval in arch, Moon dial, Other arch, Other dial type, Oval dial, Picture in arch, Round dial, Square dial.
Images of dials made by Osborne & Wilson, Birmingham dial makers active in 1772–77.
Main dial: off-white, heavy bold gesso corners and breakarch; decorated winding holes.
Main dial: creamy, unusual heavy gesso in imitation brass spandrels; rose and buds in breakarch with gesso side pieces; upside-down roses either side of decorated winding holes.
Images of dials made by Thomas Hadley Osborne, a Birmingham dial maker who started his own dial manufactory after the dissolution of the Wilson & Osborne partnership in 1777.
Main dial: diamond, gilded gesso in corners, scene gesso, framed farm scene in breakarch, curved date aperture, grommets in winding holes.
Moon faces: slightly pop-eyed, one with eyes very close together. Moon scenes: ship at anchor by rocky cove; curious volcano-like structure with tree.
Main dial: dotted oval and spandrel-type corners, fancy gesso breakarch grommets used in winding holes.
Main dial: blue/grey, anemones and strawberry corners, long-necked birds in centre and no gesso.
Main dial: off-white, fan and oval corners, very bright bird in reeds in centre.
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-petalled roses and ranunculus, corners framed with dot gesso, gold leaf shells in breakarch corners. Automata has coastal scene with ship missing (ship taken from Wilson).
Main dial: pale blue/grey, auriculas and nasturtiums gesso-framed corners, surprised-looking long tailed bird in breakarch with bachelor's buttons.
Main dial: blue/grey, pale, pears and strawberry gesso-framed corners. Hemispheres: maps too small for hemispheres.
Moon faces: pleasant. Moon scenes: ship at sea; girl with wings on her feet, holding flowers.
Main dial: blue/grey, four seasons ladies, rather skinny-faced and awkward postures. Hemispheres: good maps, America, with ecliptic below equator.