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An eighteenth-century longcase clock profusely decorated with chinoiserie.

A longcase clock with moonwork and centre seconds in a pagoda-top case with chinoiserie decoration on a finely faded, brick-red ground.

A fine and tall mahogany longcase of the highest quality, incorporating in the movement the known technical refinements of this noted maker.

A good, small Scottish mahogany longcase with engraved and silvered dial.

A fine and very rare mahogany longcase with arched top and brass dial.

An exceptionally elegant mahogany longcase in the style of Dutton, Mudge and Holmes.

A very rare, quarter-striking longcase clock in a fine walnut case inlaid with marquetry of bird and flower design.

A walnut and mulberry longcase of the highest quality and with a movement of exceptional horological interest.

A fine and elegant oak longcase clock having an 11-inch brass arched dial with exceedingly rare configuration, by this talented provincial maker.

A finely proportioned and very small early nineteenth-century mahogany longcase with round, silvered dial.

A fine longcase decorated with chinoiserie on a green ground and with a particularly good, arched brass dial.

A fine and small panelled marquetry longcase clock with 11-inch dial by the Oxford member of this celebrated family.

An exceptionally fine walnut longcase clock by this celebrated maker.

A small, classic Channel Islands longcase clock.

A small and elegant mahogany longcase with brass dial and centre date band.

An exceptionally fine and small mahogany longcase with arched brass dial by this well-known maker.

A London mahogany longcase of the highest quality.

An exceedingly elegant mahogany longcase clock by this noted Scottish maker, with some very rare features.

A good Scottish mahogany longcase with painted, arched dial.

An exceptionally fine, seventeenth-century walnut longcase with panelled bird and flower marquetry, 11-inch dial and movement of month duration, all in outstandingly original condition.

A very fine and small mahogany longcase with all the characteristics of this celebrated maker.

A very good, burr walnut longcase with arched dial showing the moon's age.

A very good, burr walnut longcase with arched dial showing the moon's age.

An exceptionally fine Queen Anne walnut and marquetry longcase clock.

A fine quality mahogany longcase with a particularly elegant, painted dial.

A small and finely proportioned mahogany longcase with an elegant, painted dial.

A fine and very small mahogany longcase clock with round, silvered brass dial.

A good, provincial oak longcase clock with arched brass dial incorporating a very rare calendar feature.

A very good lacquered longcase clock with finely preserved chinoiserie decoration on a green ground.

A very good longcase with chinoiserie decoration on a green ground, the maker being a former mayor of Doncaster.

A small and fine mahogany longcase by this well-known maker.

A walnut longcase clock of eight days duration by this celebrated maker.

A walnut longcase clock of very fine proportions and colour with a movement of the highest quality with a very good 12-inch dial.

A fine and small Channel Islands longcase clock in a well-figured mahogany case with brass dial and with hour and half-hour strike.

A panelled marquetry longcase of exceptional proportions and colour with 10" dial and movement of one month duration.

A fine mahogany longcase in the manner of Mudge, Dutton and Holmes with arched, silvered dial by this well-known maker.

An extremely elegant mahogany longcase by these well-known makers.

A very fine and rare oak longcase clock by this talented maker.

A rare and fine oak longcase clock by this important maker.

A fine and small longcase clock with chinoiserie decoration and a coloured print on a green ground and with musical and quarter striking movement.

A green lacquer longcase with caddy top and arched brass dial of most unusual design and incorporating an automata half-hour strike.

A very fine East Anglian longcase in oak and mahogany of best "London" quality

A very fine and small mahogany longcase by this well-known partnership.

A small, finely proportioned and exceedingly rare oak longcase clock with 10-inch brass dial and 8-day movement.

A fine caddy-top longcase with decoration of chinoiserie on a green ground, all in an excellent state of preservation, and with arched brass dial.

A very small and elegantly proportioned mahogany longcase with movement of the highest quality by this noted maker.

Mahogany longcase.

A fine mahogany miniature longcase of grandmother clock in a "Gothic" case and with eight-day, hour striking movement.

A provincial mahogany longcase of the highest quality with brass arched dial and rocking ship.

A very fine example of a classic Edinburgh mahogany longcase clock.

A rare mahogany longcase timepiece with silvered dial and regulator movement of six weeks duration.

A small mahogany longcase with engraved silver dial.

Original articles from Antique Collecting, vol. 11 no. 11 (March 1977), pp. 25–30. Includes antique clock dealer advertisements.

Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (October 1986), pp. 64–65. Includes "Clocks from two centuries", a selection of clocks from the dealers' showrooms.

Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (October 1990), pp. 52–53.

File marked RC13/2. Includes typewritten lists of watches and clocks for sale by various dealers based in York, Liverpool, Lancashire and Cheshire, including Rarities International, Kingsway Galleries, Castle Galleries and Roy James and Co.

Handwritten. Used in Dr Ward's lectures on "Early clocks and clock dials as shown in illuminated manuscripts", given at the Science Museum.

Printout of a translation of an article published in the French journal Négation, about workers at the Lip watch factory in France, who began self-managing the firm. Also available online at https://libcom.org/article/lip–and–self–managed–counter–revolution–1973–negation.

Original article from Journal Suisse d'Horologerie et de Bijouterie: Revue de la Société Suisse de Chronométrie (n.d.), pp. 286–295. Annotated '91C'.

Two typewritten letters only. The description and postcard of the clock refered to in the letter are not included in the file.

Seven cards. Purchased in 1988 from L. M. C. Nierynck, the Netherlands.

A very fine and small "library" timepiece [with two bronze lions and eagle case].

Original article from Communication no. 62 du Musée national d'Histoire des Sciences exactes et naturelles à Leiden (n.d.), pp. 417–419. Annotated '82'.

Original article from Connaissance des Arts no. 318 (August 1978), pp. 30–37.

Original article from Journal Suisse d'Horologerie et de Bijouterie: Revue de la Société Suisse de Chronométrie (24 August 1949), pp. 368–373.

With synopsis and chapter titles.

One typewritten letter. Also includes a seemingly unrelated handwritten and undated (incomplete?) letter to "Mr Genge [?]".

With bibliography on telecommunications.

With an invitation to "See how the wheels go round", a Dorset County Museum event held on 23–25 June 2000.

Handwritten, with diagrams.

Typescript with photographs.

Original article, probably from from Journal Suisse d'Horologerie et de Bijouterie: Revue de la Société Suisse de Chronométrie (n.d.), pp. 219–226. Annotated '81'.

Original article from Journal Suisse d'Horologerie et de Bijouterie: Revue de la Société Suisse de Chronométrie (n.d.), pp. 497–499, 527. Annotated '91A'.

Original article from Journal Suisse d'Horologerie et de Bijouterie: Revue de la Société Suisse de Chronométrie (n.d.), pp. 23–37. Annotated '92'.

Bound copy of an article published in Les Merveilles de la Science.

Original article from Communication no. 61 du Musée national d'Histoire des Sciences exactes et naturelles à Leiden, Hollande (n.d.), pp. 189–204.

Original article from Journal Suisse d'Horologerie et de Bijouterie: Revue de la Société Suisse de Chronométrie (n.d.), pp. 220–225 (annnotated '91B').

Original article from Journal Suisse d'Horologerie et de Bijouterie: Revue de la Société Suisse de Chronométrie (May/June 1947), pp. 176–187. Annotated '91B'.

Original article from Journal Suisse d'Horologerie et de Bijouterie: Revue de la Société Suisse de Chronométrie (September/October 1946), pp. 418–423. Annotated '80'.

Original article from Connaissance des Arts no. 266 (April 1974), pp. 80–87.

Includes handwritten notes with detailed description of "Leroux no. 3153".

Includes correspondence, photocopies of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century newspaper extracts, photocopies of journal, dictionary and draft articles, photographs and notes.

Original article about eighteenth–century scientific instruments for measuring, surveying, navigation and time telling from Antique Collector (April 1980), pp. 77–79. Alo includes pp. 75–76.

Original article, probably from from Journal Suisse d'Horologerie et de Bijouterie: Revue de la Société Suisse de Chronométrie (n.d.), pp. 283–286. Annotated '81'.

18 b/w captioned photographs and 3 postcards. Includes regulator clocks, pendulum clocks, astronomical clocks, reconstructions of Hugyens' marine clocks, airpumps, apparatus for measuring centrifugal forces, and Christiaan Hugyens portrait. All photographs endorsed 'Copyright Rijksmuseum voor de Geschiedenis der Natuurwetenschappen, Leiden'.

Bound printed script of R.F. Carrington's presentation given to the AHS at the City of London Guildhall on 20 February 1997. Includes slides, draft summary of the lecture by J.A. Neale, and related correspondence.

Original articles from Journal Suisse d'Horologerie et de Bijouterie: Revue de la Société Suisse de Chronométrie (n.d.), pp. 345–352. Annotated '91.A' and '91.H'.

Original article, probably from Journal Suisse d'Horologerie et de Bijouterie: Revue de la Société Suisse de Chronométrie (n.d.), pp. 77–82. Annotated '83'.

Original article from Journal Suisse d'Horologerie et de Bijouterie: Revue de la Société Suisse de Chronométrie (n.d.), pp. 439–444. Annotated '91A'.

Original article from Journal Suisse d'Horologerie et de Bijouterie: Revue de la Société Suisse de Chronométrie (n.d.), pp. 146–149. Annotated '91.A'.