Main dial: blue-grey; vetch in centre.
Main dial: creamy, no décor, just gold band, dot minutes. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: tulips and fat roses gesso-framed corners; two medium long-tailed birds centre.
Main dial: fly dial no damage; medium long-tailed bird centre with scenery; anemone corners, no gesso.
Main dial: fat birds.
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: flowers in centre, unrestored.
Main dial: floral corners; medium bird centre.
Main dial: floral corners; medium bird centre.
Main dial: fat birds.
Main dial: name in cartouche; grey acanthus gold star corners. "K" on back. Nice dial, thin plate.
Main dial: decorated centre.
Main dial: repaint, fat bird no gesso, no date or seconds, "W" on back, strawberries and vetch corners.
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: dianthus and strawberries.
Main dial: dianthus and strawberries.
Main dial: dianthus and strawberries.
Main dial: dianthus and strawberries.
Main dial: blue-grey; two Osborne-type long-necked birds in centre; tulips and strawberry corners with gesso framing. 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: blue-grey; lilies and crocus corners; honeysuckle centre.
Main dial: blue-grey; roses and ranunculus or anemones corners; no gesso.
Main dial: blue-grey; early type bird, honeysuckle and auricula corners.
Main dial: blue-grey; anemone all corners; gesso-framed unusual garland with blue-petalled rose lower centre.
Main dial: blue-grey; strawberries and primula gesso-framed corners; long-necked birds above acanthus leaves of transfer-print ribbon. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey; gilded gesso corners; transfer print around name.
Main dial: fine dial, curved date aperture, no grommets ever used; scrolling slightly floral, all gesso.
Two dials. Left main dial: blue-grey; gesso corners somewhat similar to Holmes Pendle, very early. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: grey-white, roses and strawberries gesso-framed corners, well painted. False plate: Wilson, cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey; auriculas at top, ranunculus at bottom, large carnation in centre.
Main dial: blue-grey; strawberry and honeysuckle corners; primula or auricula centre; no gesso.
Main dial: blue-grey; small vetch and poppy corners; large strawberry centre, no gesso.
Main dial: blue-grey; small vetch and dianthus gesso-framed corners; anemone in centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey; strawberries and carnation corners; no gesso and fat bird in centre.
Main dial: blue-grey; anemone and ranunculus corners. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey; honeysuckle and vetch corners; moss roses in centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey; honeysuckle and auriculas in corners; strawberry centre top.
Main dial: blue-grey; moss roses top, vetch bottom. Nice dial. False plate: cast iron, Wilson and Hughes.
Main dial: blue-grey; ranunculus and carnations gesso-framed corners. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey; strawberry and large vetch in corners, gesso-framed; two fat birds. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey; strawberries and ranunculus gesso-framed corners. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: strawberry and vetch corners; two medium birds in centre.
Main dial: strawberries and carnations corners; medium bird in centre.
Main dial: blue-grey; four tulip gesso-framed corners, small scene top centre.
Main dial: blue-grey; large carnation large vetch in corners, gesso-framed; two medium-sized birds in centre with bright colours. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey; roses and anemone corners; medium-sized birds in centre; bright colours.
Main dial: grey-blue; moss roses in top corners, blue anemones on bottom, bird above centre
Main dial: pink roses and bent-over tulips corners framed in imitation flat gesso; two ships in centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: faint gold flowers corners; two windmills in centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: pale blue-grey/off-white; red roses and anemones corners.
Main dial: blue-grey; roses and strawberry corners; ranunculus centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: shells in corners; abbey tower and houses in centre. False plate: double Wilson.
Main dial: blue-grey; nigella and cherries; no gesso; fine transfer print of cartouche containing name.
Main dial: blue-grey; fine texture, free-flowing gesso in corners.
Main dial: blue-grey; pink roses top, carnations at bottom. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: pale blue-grey; fine floral gesso corners with detail; cherries in centre, open-winged butterfly to cover damage.
Main dial: blue-grey; large vetch and cherries corners, gesso-framed; fat birds in centre with long tails and flowers.
Main dial: pale blue strawberry and rose corners. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: off-white, gesso with ovals in corners, similar to Stanyer dial. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey; roses and peonies gesso-framed corners; two medium long- tailed birds in centre; light flowers. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey; urn transfer corners.
Main dial: blue-grey; honeysuckle and vetch corners, gesso-framed; pink roses in centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey; peony and auriculas or primulas in corners, gesso-framed; two long-tailed birds with flowers. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey; strawberries and tulips gesso-framed corners; two fat birds centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey; semi-single rose and vetch gesso-framed corners; anemones in centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey; fat bird in centre; strawberries and honeysuckle corners.
Main dial: blue-grey; cherries and honeysuckle corners, with odd flower in centre.
Main dial: blue-grey; pink roses and anemones gesso-framed corners; elaborate ribbon with scrolling below date. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey; anemone and carnation gesso-framed corners; vetch in centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey; moss roses and vetch gesso-framed corners; tulips centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey; semi-double roses gesso-framed corners; yellow ranunculus and birds facing each other in centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey; anemones and large vetch corners, gesso-framed; two medium birds with clubbed tails in centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey; roses and auriculas or primulas in corners, gesso framed; two medium birds with clubbed tails in centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey, rose and anemone corners; imitation gesso-framed abbey in centre with trees. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: moss roses and peonies corners, no gesso; medium bird with orange flower in centre.
Main dial: fan and vignette corners; long-tailed bright medium birds in centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: very bright roses and carnation corners, rope-effect gold leaf framing; bright shells in centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: fan corners with vignettes, decorated ribbon for name. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: pale blue-grey; ranunculus at bottom, carnations at top gesso corners; birds in centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: carnations and yellow ranunculus corners; line-framed gold band around chapter ring; two ships in centre. False plate: double Wilson CI.
Moon faces: good, dirty varnish. Moon scenes: church and tree by waterside; cottage, tree and person.
Original article from Endeavour (January 1954), pp. 17–21.
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.
Includes copies of articles from The Horological Journal and other publications, many of them antiquarian; Watch and Chronometer Jewelling booklet by N.B. Sherwood (Chicago, n.d.); notes, related correspondence and 1 photograph. Annotated "see also the Banger watch file" (ref. ALL/01/001).
Original article from The Antique Collector (n.d.), pp. 212–214.
Original article, based on a talk given on the BBC North of England Home Service on 11 October 1945, from Jeweller and Metalworker (1 November 1945), pp. 572–574.
Original articles from Antique Collecting, vol. 22 no. 10 (March 1988), pp. 24–25 and 26–29. Also includes antique clock dealers' advertisement pages and directory.
Original article from Antique Collector (April 1990), pp. 93–96. Also includes pages with antique dealer advertisements.
Images of dials made by John Wright Fletcher, a Birmingham dial maker active in the 1830s–1840s.
Main dial: 8-day breakarch, cottages in corners, sketchily done; farm scene in breakarch.
Main dial: ruins in corners; two ships at sea breakarch.
Main dial: cottages corners; river scene breakarch.
Main dial: bright turquoise corners and pink and yellow roses; pink rose and dark blue morning glory centre.
Main dial: turquoise corners with fat pink and yellow roses; bird in centre.
Main dial: auriculas in scroll corners, turquoise moire ends, silver leaf base to flowers.
Images of dials made by Jones & Carter, Birmingham dial makers active in 1809–19.