Typescript, hardback. Includes sections on family trees, name origins, reunions, circulars, obituaries, Honeybone clocks, etc. The Honeybones were Mildred Frederiksen's maternal family; William Abraham (b.1887) was her cousin.
Makers' surnames include: Appley, Archambo, Archer, Arding, Aris, Ayris, Arland, Arlandy, Armand, Armstrong, Arnley, Arnold, Arson, Arundal, Arundell, Ashbee, Ashburne, Ashley, Ashman, Ashmore, Aslatt, Asselin, Astley, Aston, Atfield / Adfield, Atherley, Atkins, Atkinsin, Atwood, Aubert, Aubury, Austall, Aunale, Austin, Aveline, Avenell, Averton, Avery, Avril, Ayres, Ayrs, Ayscough, Azier.
Makers' surnames include: Beake, Beale, Beard, Beasley, Beate, Beaucamp, Beauchamp, Beauvais, Beavis, Bebley, Beccles, Bechoe, Beck, Beckett, Beckford, Beckman, Bedford, Beding, Beecham, Been, Beet, Beets, Behoe, Beighton, Belew, Belfield, Bell, Bellamy, Bellard, Bellette, Belling, Bellis, Bellwood, Bemish, Benban, Benbrick, Bence, Bendall, Benge, Benn, Bennet, Bennett, Benning, Benson, Bentley, Benton, Benyon, Berge, Bergeau, Berkeley, Bernard, Bernarde, Berridge, Berrington, Berry, Bertram, Beson, Best, Beste, Bethell, Betteridge, Betterton, Betts, Beverly, Bewley, Beyman.
Makers' surnames include: P. G., Richard G[...], Gaab, Gadsdon, Gainsborough, Gaite, Gakeman, Galabin, Galileo, Galindo, Gallant, Gallois, Galloway, Gambier, Gammon, Ganeron, Ganeroon, Garden, Gardiner, Gardner, Garfoot, Garner, Garnett, Garon, Gharon, Garrard, Garret, Garstin, Garth, Gascoine, Gascoyne, Gatward, Gaudin, Gaugain, Gautier, Gawthorne, Gazuet, Geary, George, Gerbe, Gernier, Gerrard, Gervais, Gib, Gibbard, Gibbons, Gibbs, Gibson, Gilbert, Giles, Gill, Gilpin, Gimblett, Ginn, Girle, Girod, Giroust.
Makers' surnames include: Gladman, Gladstone, Glasco, Gloria A Dieppe, Glover, Glyd, Glynn, Goblop, Goddard, Goddock, Godfrey, Godin, Gold, Goldby, Goldsmith & Delander, Goldwin, Golling, Golway, Goode, Goodfriend, Gooding, Goodlad, Goodison, Goodman, Goodo, Goodwin, Goodyere, Goolan, Gordon, Gorsuch, Gosselin, Gosier, Gossier, Gossop, Gotobed, Goubert, Gough, P. G., Goujon, Gould, Gouldar, Gouldsborough, Goush, Gout, Govers, Goweth.
Makers' surnames include: Heardman, Hearn, Heath, Hebb, Hebert, Heckel, Heeley, Heigel, Heinrici, Helmes, Helot, Heming, Hemming, Hemmsings, Henderson, Henrison, Henery, Henry, Henshaw, Henson, Herald, Herbert, Herdman, Herloin, Herlot, Herring, Herriot, Herve, Hes, Heskin, Hester, Hewer, Hewitt, Hewlett, Heyden, Heyman, Heyter, Hibbert, Hiccox, Hickman, Hicks, Hide, Higgins, Higginson, Higgnett, Higgs, Higgs & Evans, Higsby, Hildebrand, Hill, Hills, Hilliard, Hillier, Henley, Hindley, Hindmore, Hine, Hineham, Hitchin, Hitchins, Hitchings, Hitchman.
Makers' surnames include: Hubbard, Hubert, Huckle, Huddleston, Hudleston, Hudson, Huggeford, Hughes, Hulbert, Hull, Humber, Humphreys, Humphries, Humphrys, Hunsdon, Hunt, Hunte, Hunter, Hurst, Hurt, Husset, Hussey, Hutchinson, Hutchason, Hutson & Johnson, Hutton, Hynam.
Makers' surnames include: Thomas [L...], J. L., Lockman [?], Lacam, Lacum, Lade, Lafoe, Lamaye, Lamb, Lambell, Lambert, Lamble, Lambell, Lamborn, Lambracht, Lamburg, Lampe, Lampriere, Lamude, Lancaster, Landrau, Lane, Langford, Langley, Lanny, Laport, Lapper, La R[…], Larouche, Larpent, Lashbrooke, Lashbrook, Latham, Laughton, Lawton, Lavender, Law, Lawrence, Lawson, Layton, Lazarus, Lea, Leadbetter, Lear, Leare, Le Brun, Le Chevalier, Lecoeur, Le Count, Ledgard, Lee, Leekey, Legg, L'Heuteux, Leicester, Leigh, Leith or Keith, Leivsley, Lemair, Lemaire, Lemaistre, Lemen, Lemon, Leman, Lemastre, Lemoyne, Lenerd, Lenoir, Leroux, Le Roux, Le Roy, Lesire, Lester, Lestourgeon, Levens, Levy, Lewington, Lewis, Ley [?], Leybourn, Leybourne.
Makers' surnames include: Shadly, Shadwell, Shallcross, Sharenbeck, Sharpe, Sharp, Sharplin, Sharpy, Sharrat, Shaw, Sheafe, Shearwood, Sheilds, Sheldrake, Shelton, Shepard, Sheppard, Shepley, Shergold, Sherley, Shervey, Sherwood, Shield, Shindler, Shingler, Shipton, Shirley, Shore, Shoertgrave, Shotten, Shrimpton, Shrowsbridge, Shucksborough, Shuckford, Shuckforth, Shute, Shuttleworth, Sibley, Siddell, Sidey [Yedis ?], Sidley, Sidney, Silvers, Silvester, Sylvester, Simkins, Simpkins, Simmons, Simon, Simpkinson, Simpson, Sims, Simms, Sinclair, Singleton, Sisson, Skargell, Sheggs, Skelton, Skikelthorpe, Skinner, Slack, Slade, Slan, Slatter, Slingsby, Sly.
Makers' surnames include: Smallman, Smallpage, Smallwood, Smart, Smelt, Smith, Smyth, Smith & Wingfield, Smith & Wooden, Smithyes, Smorthwaite, Smoult, Snelling, Snow, Sofflaw, Soffleow, Soldano, Somersall, Somerson, Sones, Soret, South, Southam, Sowtheby, Sotheby [?], Soyer, Sparke, Sparkes, Sparrow, Speakman, Spence, Spencer, Spiegel, Sprigg.
Makers' surnames include: W[...], Wade, Wady, Wager, Wagstaff, Wagstaffe, Wainwright, Wait, Waite, Wayte, Waits, Waldron, Walker, Wall, Wallen, Walley, Wallis, Walpole, Walsh, Walthall, Waneman, Warburton, Ward, Ware, Wareing, Warfield, Waring, Warne, Warren, Warrington, Warwick, Washbourn, Washburn, Washington, Wasland, Wass, Wat[…], Watkins, Watson, Watt, Watts, Way.
Makers' surnames include: Weasles, Weaver, Webb, Webster, Weedon, Weeks, Welbeck, Welch, Welsh, Weldon, Welldon, Weller, Wellit, Wellman, Wells, Weleys, Wentworth, West, Westbrook, Westenham, Westlaws, Westley, Westoby, Weston, Westwood, Weyandt, Weyanett, Weyat, Weyar [?], Weylandt, Wheatley, Wheeler, Wheelwright, Whichcote, Whiston, White, Whitefield, Whitehead, Whitehouse, Whitehurst, Whitham, Whiting, Whitlache, Whitley, Whittern, Whittit, Whittle.
Makers' surnames include: Wogden, Wolfull, Wolverstone, Wolverton, Wood, Woodham, Woodhouse, Woodland, Woodman, Woods, Woodward, Woodard, Woolhead, Woollerton, Wootton, Worley, Wornell, Worsfold, Worswick, Worthey, Worthington, Wrench, Wrigglesworth, Wright, Wright & Sellon, Wroth, Wych, Wich, Wyld, Wylder, Wyllie, Wynell, Wynn, Wynne, Wyth.
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.
Sem títuloTypescript. Also includes related postcards, negatives, exhibition catalogues, captioned photographs of exhibits; and "Gothic Clocks", a bound article by H. Alan Lloyd from "The Antique Collector" (June 1962).
Typescript and printed. Also includes 3 b/w photographs.
Typescript and handwritten.
Typescript.
Handwritten. Also includes one colour photograph and sketches.
Handwritten and typescript. Also includes photographs of a clock in a painting by Pontorno, and of the market square in Haarlem.
Typescript.
Handwritten. Includes: Deutsches Museum Munich, Bayerische Nationalmuseum Munich, Leiden Museum, Swiss museums and private collections (1957), Amsterdam 'Het Atoom' (1957), AHS German Tour 1959, AHS Austrian Tour 1961, and AHS Swiss-Italian Tour 1963.
Printed and typescript, some handwritten.
Mostly typescript, one handwritten. Lectures include "Physics in Time Measurement"; "Bells and Bell Founding" by Douglas Hughes; "Captain Cook's Timekeepers" and "The Clocks of Greenwich Observatory 1675–1930" by Lt. Cdr. H. D. Howse; and two untitled ones. Also includes a description of sidereal clock made by John Shelton.
Photocopy typescripts.
Printed and typescript.
Handwritten. Also includes a typescript letter from the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, regarding Dr Ward's request for a photograph (not included), and the Museum's postcard showing a Roman vertical disc dial c.250 AD.
Typescript.
Printed.
8 b/w photographs, captioned. Includes Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Technical Museum, Österreichisches Museum für Angewndte Kunst, Hans von Bertele Collection and Sobeck Collection. Also includes a page from "Deutsche Uhrmacher Zeitschrift" (May 1961). Typescript and handwritten
2 b/w photographs. From the Science Museum.
15 b/w photographs. Guests include the Duke of Wellington, Lord Harris, Dr Ward and others. File also includes a bound article on the Wuppertal Clock and Watch Museum by Allan Lloyd, from "The Antique Collector" (Oct 1966).
Printed. Lot 115 in the auction of fine watches, clocks and scientific instruments on 4 October 1977.
1 b/w photograph and 1 colour postcard. Also includes Dr Moore's letter to Musée du Château de Blois, with request for a photographic copy of another painting (photo not included).
9 b/w captioned photographs and 4 postcards. Also includes handwritten notes.
2 b/w photographs. Originally in an envelope labelled "Two photos from B. Bopp".
2 b/w photographs, captioned.
6 b/w photographs, captioned.
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.
Edward Banger was the apprentice of Thomas Tompion (1639–1713). The file includes handwritten notes on mechanical watch movements, list of repairs?, photographs and negatives.
Charles Hobson (1907–88) was a clockmaker and a honorary freeman of the Clockmakers' Company. File includes C. Alix's correspondence with Hobson; correspondence with Daniel Parkes regarding Hobson's Choice, a book of sketches of English bracket clock repeating work by Hobson, Allix and Harvey (1982); published reviews of Hobson's Choice; notes; copy of certificate of registration of Hobson Bros; photocopies of Hobson's letter to Col. Quill regarding his will; and an obituary of Hobson, published in Antiquarian Horology (Spring 1988).
Includes Charles Allix's correspondence with C. Jennings regarding Mudge clocks and portrait; correspondence with solicitors regarding the valuation of his collection after his death in 1980; three photographs and one drawing.
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.
Includes letters, copy catalogue pages, eight photographs and slides.
Includes catalogues, photocopies of press articles, hand-drawn plan of Le Forges à Montécheroux, photographs and negatives, and related correspondence.
Includes a photocopy of an article on "The Description and Use of a Table-Clock" by Benjamin Martin (1704–182), scientific instrument maker, and related correspondence; and Lord Spencer's correspondence with Colonel Quill regarding clocks by Thomas Mudge, with photographs.
John Travers (1849–1937) was a marine chronometer escapement maker based in Ramsgate. File includes Travers' original correspondence; press cuttings relating to the Travers family; John Travers' obituary published in The Horological Journal (1938); notes and correspondence relating to his chronometer-fusee engine, and photographs.
Includes correspondence, handwritten notes and photographs of various Vulliamy clocks sold at different auctions, photocopies of sales catalogue pages, a photocopy of Thomas Reid's letter to B.L. Vulliamy of 1822, and Charles Allix's article "A mid-18th century alarm by Gray and Vulliamy" (Antiquarian Horology, Spring 1994).
Originally untitled, this file contains correspondence, photographs, postcards, notes, catalogue extracts etc. mainly relating to various clocks and watches and their sales. Includes: Delander watch no. 298; a spring balance clock and alarm in a solid rosewood case delivered to the Duke of Leinster in 1826; month–going longcase clock by David Lestourgeon; striking bracket clock by Edward East; Tompion longcase clock.
This series comprises photographs and papers relating to the British Horological Institute’s trips and the “British Clockmaker’s Heritage” exhibition, as well as some later material.
Contains one b/w photograph, captioned, pasted onto card. Caption does not give the names of people in the image.
Contains three b/w photographs, captioned, showing Princess Alice, Sir Harold Spences Jones, H. Alan Lloyd, Kenneth Pickthorn, Mr Elicott, Dr F. Sherwood Taylor, Lily Hudson and others.
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.
Sem títuloOriginal reviews from "The Connoisseur Bookshelf" section of The Connoisseur (n.d.), pp. 57–60. Also includes reviews of non-horological books.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (January 1951), pp. 17–18. Mentions Adam's bird–cage clock.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (May 1952), pp. 34–35.
Four original pages from various issues of The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (December 1956, November 1976, October 1986).
Original pages from The Connoisseur (January 1957), pp. 263–266, including a short article about Un chef–d'œuvre de l'horologerie anglaise.
Original page with news and book reviews from Antique Collector (August 1960). Includes a review of Clock and Watch Makers in Wales, a book by Iorweth C. Peate.
Original article from The Connoisseur, vol. 158 (January 1965), pp. 46–47. Covers Italian art at the Queen's Gallery, American Grenadier's cap, Langley Bradley of St Paul's and Antiques Fairs.
Original article from Antique Collector (April 1966), pp. 51–62.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 5 no. 5 (September 1970), pp. 24–26.
Original articles from Antique Collecting, vol. 9 no. 4 (April 1974), pp. 6 and 18–19.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 8 no. 11 (March 1974), pp. 33–35.
The subseries contains articles written by authors with surnames beginning with "A".
Original articles from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (October 1986), pp. 42–45. Includes issue cover.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (September 1989), pp. 35–37.
Original article from Endeavour (January 1954), pp. 17–21.