Showing 3249 results

Original articles from The Connoisseur, vol. 5 (1903), no pagination.

Original article about a late seventeenth-century lantern clock by Richard Savage of Shrewsbury, from The Antique Collector (July 1986), pp. 48–49.

Includes typewritten letters, one photographic postcard and envelope. Also includes letter from Loughborough library, confirming that the Loughborough Carillion Tower is a replica of the Moulin tower.

Album containing the complete series of 25 cards. Purchased from The Good Olde Days shop in Brighton.

Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 12 (February 1977), pp. 57–60.

This collection comprises material related to the research, writing, laying-out and publishing The Clockmakers of Somerset 1650-1900 and The Clockmakers of Bristol 1650-1900, as well as assorted research papers and ephemera, including but not limited to a collection of photos, copies of deeds, correspondence with owners of clocks including enclosures, and photocopies of archival documents.

Includes catalogues, photocopies of press articles, hand-drawn plan of Le Forges à Montécheroux, photographs and negatives, and related correspondence.

Includes typewritten letters, five photographs, a tourist map of Alsace featuring a photograph of the clock, and typewritten articles on "Kunstuhr in Molsheim" and "Les horloges astronomiques et Monumentales: Molsheim".

Original article from Antique Collecting (April 1998), pp. 36–37.

Original articles from La Suisse Horlogère (August 1954), pp. 39–50.

This collection comprises material relating to electrical horology created and collected by Arthur Mitchell. It contains subject and correspondence files concerning electric clock companies worldwide and their products, including the Synchronome Company.

Includes signed typescript of L. Northcote's review of Clockmaking in Oxfordshire 1400-1850 by C.F.C. Beeson (1962); typescript of "Electronics in Timekeeping", a lecture given to the Electrical Horology Group by J.D. Weaver at the Science Museum (6 Dec 1975); typescript of an article on "The Watchmaker's Guild of Copenhagen" (n.d.), and handwritten notes and comments on the Flamsteed / Towneley correspondence and Towneley's pallets as revised by Tompion.

Originals and photocopies, relating to individual clocks and watches, clockmaking news, Robert Hooke and Captain James Cook.

Seven cuttings, mostly from unidentified newspapers.

Four original pages from various issues of The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (December 1956, November 1976, October 1986).

Typescript. With Dr Ward as the Honorary Treasurer.

192 pages. Signed by Milo Mighell on 21 July 2010.

This collection comprises research papers compiled by Robert Miles in the course of his study of the history of the Synchronome company, which resulted in the publication of his book, Synchronome: Masters of Electrical Timekeeping (2011 and 2019). They include copies of primary and secondary sources from the nineteenth century onwards (including papers and articles by F. Hope-Jones), subject files, clock lists, photographs, slides and digital records.

Includes typescript of an article on "The Clockmakers of Surrey, Middlesex and Hertfordshire"; handwritten and typescript lists of individual makers 1516–1830; scrap notes; handwritten notes taken from The Economic History of England by E. Lipson (1915); a catalogue leaflet for Rita Shenton's bookshop (specialist horological bookseller); two b/w photographs of a longcase clock by James Douglas Chertsey; small print of a view of Southwark Cathedral; and a tourist guide to Islington.

Includes handwritten lists of individuals' names from extracted from various directories 1797–1845; scrap notes, some relating to earlier sources; and related correspondence.

Original article from The Antique Collector (June 1973), pp. 165–169.

Includes letters, copy catalogue pages, eight photographs and slides.

Inscribed "J.A. Sutcliffe, Blackpool".

Original article from Antique Collector (September 1977), pp. 70–74.

Frank Mercer (1882–1970) was a chronometer maker; his father was the founder of Thomas Mercer Ltd, a firm of makers of chronometers and precision equipment based in St Albans, dating back to 1858. File includes obituaries of Frank Mercer, biographical articles about Thomas junior and senior, an article about the firm's centenary, etc.

Original article about Victorian and Edwardian pocket watches, from What's It Worth part 1 (1993), pp. 7–8.

Four drawings, including the "stackfreed" and "mainspring barrel and fusee".

Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (February 1976), pp. 75–77.

Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 21 no. 3 (July/August 1986), pp. 54–55.

Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 9 no. 6 (October 1974), pp. 22–27.

This collection contains research papers, publications and collectanea assembled by Chris McKay. It includes a large series of subject files relating to various clocks and clockmakers, including the Big Ben clock; guidebooks, catalogues and diaries; photographs, negatives and slides; art prints; and a significant collection of horological postcards.

Original article from The Connoisseur, vol. 166 no. 670 (December 1967), pp. 213–221.

Original article in two parts from The Connoisseur, vol. 182 (February 1973 and March 1973), pp. 106–111 and 179–188 respectively.

Original article from The Connoisseur (June 1970), pp. 77–85.

Typescript and handwritten.

Two original articles from Antique Collector (August and September 1987), pp. 68–74 and 108–115 respectively.

Original article about a small clock by Grimalde & Johnson from Antique Collector (April 1974), pp. 62–63.

Printed.

Original article from The Connoisseur Year Book (1956), pp. 104–110.

Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (October 1984), pp. 36–39. Also includes antique clock dealers' advertisement pages and issue cover.

A fine and rare miniature ship's bulkhead timepiece by these well-known makers.

A fine eight-day chronometer by this celebrated maker.

A fine eight-day chronometer by this celebrated maker in a brass-strung coromandel box.

A fine, two-day marine chronometer by these well-known makers.

An eight-day chronometer by this well-known maker in a brass-bound rosewood box and with fully numbered movement.

A fine, eight-day marine chronometer by this celebrated maker, in a rosewood box of the highest quality.

A good, two-day marine chronometer in a very fine rosewood box.

A good two-day marine chronometer by this well-known maker, in a brass-strung, coromandel wood box of the highest quality and complete with deck box.

A fine and small two-day marine chronometer by this well-known maker.

A fine two-day marine chronometer by this excellent maker.

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.

Also includes press cuttings from Newnes Practical Mechanica on orrery, planetarium and timing and delay mechanisms.

A small and elegant satinwood mantel timepiece with a movement of high quality and a delicately engraved, silvered dial.

A fine, small and exceedingly rare rosewood mantel clock with gilded engine-turned dial and back wind.

A fine, small striking mantel clock in a rosewood case.

A fine and small, repeating mantel clock in an ebonised case by this well-known maker.

A good, small mantel clock in a four-glass rosewood case and with hour strike on a bell.

A fine and small mantel timepiece in a rosewood case of the highest quality.

Includes typewritten letters, eight photographs and envelope.

A very finely preserved and exceedingly rare mail coach timepiece with its original travelling case.

Original article about a collection of French furniture, ormolu-mounted porcelain and gilt-bronzes sold at in Monte Carlo on 20 June 1992, from Christie's International Magazine, vol. 8 no. 12 (May/June 1992), pp. 12–13.

Includes letters, five photographs and photographic postcards, two typescript copies of John W. Castle's article "The astronomical clock of Lyon", a copy of an article from La Nature (1895) on "L'Horloge Astronomique de Lyon", copy drawings and typescript article (in French) on the astrolabe of Lyon. Also includes handwritten letter from the AHS regarding the publication of the article.

Includes four photographs and a typescript article "The Clock of Lund", translated from German.

Includes four photographs and a 1930 Uhrmakerkunst article reprint on "Die neue Regulierung der Uhr der St. Marienkirche in Lübeck".

Original article from The Antique Collector (June 1986), pp. 102–103.

This is a copy of a two-volume list compiled by Francis Buckley and G. B. Buckley, held at the Guildhall Library (ref. CLC/239/MS03338/001-002). Newspapers include The Post Man, The Daily Courant, The Daily Post and General Advertiser, The Daily Journal and London Gazette. The file includes a list of references to lost pieces by Gray and Vulliamy, and references to other lost watches not included in the original volume, some in the hand of Eileen Bunt.

Original article from Antique Collector (August 1986), pp. 40–45.

Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (May 1980), pp. 74–76.

Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (August 1975), pp. 80–86.

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 Art & Antiques (15 April 1972), pp. 18–21.

Original article from Antique Collecting (March 1986), pp. 30–33. Also includes Where to buy clocks directory.

A good, mahogany, striking regulator longcase in a finely figured mahogany case of beautiful colour.

Two copies of an original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 13 no. 2 (June 1978), pp. 26–28.

Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 17 no. 3 (July/August 1982), p. 40–42.

Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 19 no. 3 (July/August 1984), pp. 32–33.

A very fine West Country walnut longcase clock with moon dial and high water at London Bridge.

A mahogany longcase with finely-painted arched dial with automata and a case of the best London quality.

A longcase clock with 12-inch square dial in a walnut case of very good colour and figuring.

A very fine mahogany longcase with six-tune musical movement.

A very fine longcase clock with chinoiserie decoration on a green ground, all in an excellent state of preservation and with dial movement of matching quality.

A fine London mahogany longcase of good colour and proportions and with a superbly engraved dial.

A good London mahogany longcase with pagoda top and arch brass dial with moonwork.

A very fine and exceptionally small mahogany longcase.

A very fine mahogany longcase clock with 8-bell quarter-striking movement by this noted maker and master of the Clockmakers' Company.

A very fine mahogany longcase clock with 8-bell quarter striking movement by this noted maker and Master of the Clockmakers' Company.

A very fine George III longcase clock of small proportions, the elegant and refined case veneered with richly figured mahogany.