Moon faces: surprised expression. Moon scenes: ship at sea; bridge over lake and tree.
Main dial: green background corners with roses and ranunculus. Hemispheres: garlands.
Moon faces: sweet, pink cheeks. Moon scenes: house with tower; ship at sea, stiff waves.
Main dial: grey-blue, four seasons well-painted corners. Hemispheres: Wilson maps. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: roses and carnation gesso-framed corners; "cross birds" "preserved in aspic". Hemispheres: maps, good.
Main dial: roses and carnation gesso-framed corners; "cross birds" "preserved in aspic". Hemispheres: maps, good.
Main dial: roses and carnation gesso-framed corners; "cross birds" "preserved in aspic". Hemispheres: maps, good. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: roses and carnation gesso-framed corners; "cross birds" "preserved in aspic". Hemispheres: maps, good.
Main dial: vetch and cherry corners. Hemispheres: original maps. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: vetch and strawberry gesso-framed corners; ranunculus in breakarch with gesso and scrolling; nice dial. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey background; peaches and tulips corner with green background; urn in breakarch with gesso. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey; fat bird in centre; strawberries and honeysuckle corners.
Main dial: transfer print corners; urn breakarch, cockerel with acanthus leaves and bow knots.
Main dial: blue-grey; anemone and carnation gesso-framed corners; vetch in 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.
Two dials: Wilson (left) and Wolenough (right). Wilson main dial: Osborne-type bird centre (two on either side of winding hole); extended gromets; garlands in humps; honeysuckle and strawberry corners. Hemispheres: garlands. False plate: cast iron.
Moon faces: quite pleasant, large features. Moon scenes: ruined castle and figure; cottage by water's edge, church in distance.
Main dial: fly dial no damage; medium long-tailed bird centre with scenery; anemone corners, no gesso.
Main dial: pale blue-grey; fine floral gesso corners with detail; cherries in centre, open-winged butterfly to cover damage.
Main dial: blue-grey; pink roses top, carnations at bottom. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: birds in centre; cherries gesso-framed corners. Hemispheres: garlands. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: eight-day centre date, four seasons. Same artist as Toxteth Lasall, badly damaged, unusual buildings moon dial, no grommets.
Two dials, Wilson on the left. Main dial: eight-day centre date, four seasons. Same artist as Toxteth Lasall, badly damaged, unusual buildings moon dial, no grommets. Hemispheres: Wilson maps. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: roses and honeysuckle corners. Hemispheres: Wilson maps, gone. False plate: four long feet.
Main dial: blue-grey; early type bird, honeysuckle and auricula corners.
Main dial: off-white, elaborate green and red fan corners with gold. Hemispheres: maps had been removed. False plate: cast iron.
Moon faces: usual pleasant Wilson. Moon scenes: ruined tower; ship at sea.
Main dial: faint gold flowers corners; two windmills in centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: strawberry and vetch corners. Condition was the worst I have ever seen on a Wilson dial.
Main dial: girl on seesaw replaced; man original.
Main dial: grey-white, roses and strawberries gesso-framed corners, well painted. False plate: Wilson, cast iron.
Main dial: transfer print ship, coloured, in arch; floral corners.
Main dial: blue/grey, shield shaped gesso corners, moss roses centre. Hemispheres: very good maps, same as Byrne. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue/grey, roses and tiger lilies, small blue flowers corners. Hemispheres: good maps, part outside numbers. False plate: cast iron (clear).
Main dial: peaches and gold band corners, maps.
Main dial: dark-blue background to corners, small orange flowers with bird and gold ends, bird centre.
Main dial: gold flowers corners, scene of "cottage cares" in breakarch.
Two moon dials, refferring to 509 and 516.
Main dial: four continents corners, [seated dark-skinned figure]. Hemispheres: girls under trees in humps.
Main dial: deer in corners, two ruins centre.
Main dial: green background, red roses, corners gold ends. Hemispheres: maps.
Main dial: theatre building in arch, four-season corners. Was labelled as DR11 and DR11a.
Image of a dial made by Beard & Company, Birmingham dial makers active in the 1790s.
Main dial: off-white, all gesso decoration, quite elaborate in breakarch.
Images of dials made by Richard Blood, a Birmingham dial maker.
Main dial: off-white, geometric corners, balloon in breakarch with gilt dots.
Main dial: slightly grey off-white; blotty roses, vetch and morning glory corners, lemon part framing; red lines, birds in centre. Hemispheres: maps. False plate: cast iron. Rare dial, was a Factor so someone else might have made the dial.
Moon faces: very red cheeks. Moon scenes: cross-looking swan, quite large; quite bright cottage.
Main dial: blue-grey, pale, rather slapdash morning glories and pears in corners, foliage in dial centre.
A fine mahogany bracket clock with verge escapement.
A grande sonnerie Vienna regulator of one month duration and of the highest quality.
A fine, small striking mantel clock in a rosewood case.
A walnut longcase clock of eight days duration by this celebrated maker.
A fine corniche case carriage clock, engraved and gilded and with engraved dial mask and hour repeat.
A miniature carriage timepiece by this celebrated maker with original gilding to the case.
A fine carriage clock in an engraved gorge case with subsidiary dials for alarm and day of the month and petite sonnerie strike on bells.
A fine and rare French fusee skeleton.
A good Vienna timepiece with one-piece dial in a fruitwood case.
Striking clock.
A seventeenth-century chamber clock. [This is a detailed, four-page description, signed by Beresford Hutchinson on 21 October 1977].
A very fine quality skeleton clock with hour strike and repeat, on a marble base.
A good, small ebonised bracket clock with brass inlay, 7-inch white dial and pull hour repeat.
A fine and small longcase with arched brass dial with moon and mahogany case in the style of Mudge and Dutton.
A very fine and early Vienna timepiece with many interesting features.
A walnut and mulberry longcase of the highest quality and with a movement of exceptional horological interest.
A fine lantern clock with verge, striking movement and alarm.
A good, round-top, open-fronted mahogany barometer by this well-known maker. The same as item STR/02/002/018.
A small and elegant rosewood timepiece by a local maker.
A very fine red lacquer bracket clock.
A very fine, ebonised and ormolu mounted bracket clock, quarter striking on 8 bells and with original wall bracket.
An English regulator of the very highest quality and with movement of one-month duration.
An exceptionally finely preserved tavern or Act of Parliament timepiece, recently removed from the Swan Hotel, Wells.
An exceptionally fine and large, satinwood balloon bracket clock.
A good, mahogany, bell-top bracket clock.
A fine and large mahogany wheel barometer by this well-known maker.
A very important and early tavern timepiece in an exceptional state of preservation
A very fine and small "library" timepiece [with two bronze lions and eagle case].
A very fine Act of Parliament or tavern timepiece by one of Liverpool's most celebrated makers.
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 verge wall clock with 14-inch engraved brass dial.
A black-lacquered Act of Parliament or tavern clock in superb original condition.
An exceptionally elegant mahogany longcase in the style of Dutton, Mudge and Holmes.
A good provincial walnut longcase with 11-inch dial.
A good, provincial oak longcase clock with arched brass dial incorporating a very rare calendar feature.
An exceptionally fine lacquer longcase clock decorated with chinoiserie on a brick-red ground.
A good marine stick barometer by these well-known makers.
A fine and large mahogany wheel barometer with 12-inch dial and case crossbanded with tulip wood.
A fine, small skeleton timepiece of the highest quality.
A fine and large lantern clock by a member of this well-known family of clockmakers.