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.
Main dial: basket of flowers corners with floral band motif in black under date aperture. Hemispheres: North America on left, ecliptic under equator. False plate: cast iron.
Moon faces: round-eyed, jolly looking. Moon scenes: ship at sea; large cottage on bluff.
Main dial: baskets of flowers corners with decorative band, decorated unusual low oval containing name, funny motif under date.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (July 1969), pp. 93–95.
Original article from The Connoisseur (November 1934), pp. 321–324.
Image of a dial made by Josiah Hayes, a Birmingham dial maker active in the nineteenth century.
Main dial: gold ovals, shaded green corners, odd breakarch, Walker-style use of bronze powder stencil motifs.
Original article from an unidentified issue of The Connoisseur (n.d.), pp. 96–103.
Includes letter, draft Jump family tree compiled by Col. H. Quill, notes, sketches and newspaper and catalogue cuttings.
39 b/w photographs, captioned. Includes astronomical clocks, table clocks, Tompion bracket clock, monstrance clocks, rack clocks, globe clocks, and watches. Some photographs captioned "AHS property".
Images of dials made by Kempson & Felton, Birmingham dial makers active in 1808–15.
Main dial: gold roses with yellow ochre in corners. Hemispheres: maps, North America on left, with ecliptic below equator. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: four-seasons corners, roses centre. Hemispheres: maps, gold edges.
Moon faces: red cheeks and full mouths. Moon scenes: large ship at sea; white country house.
Moon faces: slightly squinting, very red nose. Moon scenes: ship at sea bright blue sky; ruined abbey with two figures.
Main dial: gold flowers in corners, octagon in breakarch, fish egg in it, flowers either side water, bird above centre.
Main dial: modified fan corners, green, gold, red, brown shells with seaweed, some gold in breakarch. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: roses and tulips in gold with black detail in corners. False plate: cast iron.
Also includes copy of the obituary of Dr Jacob Kienzle (1935), one photograph and related correspondence.
Includes Joseph Knibb's biography, photocopies of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century newspaper extracts, and cutouts and printouts of catalogue listings.
Includes correspondence, cutouts and photocopies of catalogue listings, newspaper articles, draft articles, photographs and notes.
Includes correspondence, cutouts and photocopies of catalogue listings, journal articles, draft articles, photographs and notes.
Includes correspondence, cutouts and photocopies of catalogue listings, journal articles, draft articles, photographs and notes.
Includes correspondence, cutouts and photocopies of catalogue listings, journal articles, draft articles, photographs and notes.
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
Original articles from Blanco y Negro no. 2432 (13 December 1958).
Original article from Journal Suisse d'Horologerie et de Bijouterie: Revue de la Société Suisse de Chronométrie (n.d.), pp. 132–134. Annotated '86'.
Copy of an article published in "La Clessidra" (no. 6).
Original article from Connaissance des Arts no. 266 (April 174), pp. 95–101.
Original article in three parts from Journal Suisse d'Horologerie et de Bijouterie: Revue de la Société Suisse de Chronométrie (n.d.), pp. 365–374, 468–474 and 539–544. Annotated '83'.
Original article from Journal Suisse d'Horologerie et de Bijouterie: Revue de la Société Suisse de Chronométrie (March/April 1947), pp. 82–89. Annotated '80'. Also includes "L'année chronométrique à l'Observatoire de Neuchâtel" by E. Guyot on p. 90.
Original article from Connaissance des Arts no. 172 (June 1966), pp. 70–77.
Original article from Journal Suisse d'Horologerie et de Bijouterie: Revue de la Société Suisse de Chronométrie (n.d.), pp. 446–456. Annotated '91E'.
Original articles from The Antique Collector (June 1988), pp. 144–147 and 140–143.
Typescript. Also includes printed brochures.
Original article from Journal Suisse d'Horologerie et de Bijouterie: Revue de la Société Suisse de Chronométrie (n.d.), pp. 283–286. Annotated '81'.
A fine and unusually large Victorian, quarter striking lantern clock.