A good mahogany longcase clock by this well-known Northumberland maker, with a very rare marriage dial.
A good small carriage clock in an engraved gorge case with engraved and shuttered door and engraved dial mask.
A very fine carriage clock in an engraved gorge case with three subsidiary dials and seconds dial and with grande sonnerie striking on bells, almost certainly the work of Henry Jacot.
A very fine mahogany longcase in the manner of Mudge, Dutton and Holmes, the arched silver dial signed as above but, in [Mighell's] opinion, from the workshop of John Holmes.
A fine and large mahogany wheel barometer with 12-inch dial and case crossbanded with tulip wood.
A fine and very rare Act of Parliament or tavern timepiece in a chinoiserie decorated banjo case with round white dial by this celebrated maker.
A fine and extremely rare miniature tavern timepiece with coloured print on the door.
A good and small ebonised chamfer top bracket, well inlaid with brass, by this fine maker.
A provincial mahogany longcase of the highest quality with brass arched dial and rocking ship.
A very fine and rare "rooftop" Vienna regulator timepiece in a six-light walnut case by these well-known makers.
A fine mahogany longcase in the manner of Mudge, Dutton and Holmes with arched, silvered dial by this well-known maker.
A very fine mahogany marine barometer with original signed gimbals and travelling case.
A very good Sedan timepiece.
A mahogany bell-top bracket clock in a case of fine proportions and colour and with verge movement having hour and half-hour strike and hour repeat.
A very finely proportioned longcase clock with panelled bird and flower marquetry, panelled and strung sides and 11-inch dial, all in an exceptional state of preservation.
A fine walnut bracket clock with inverted bell-top case, arched brass dial, hour strike with pull repeat and strike/silent by this celebrated maker.
A fine and very rare English dial [clock] with 12-inch convex wood dial and hour strike.
A good Regency mahogany bracket clock by this noted maker, complete with replacement wall bracket.
A very fine and rare mahogany tavern timepiece by these well-known makers.
A very fine and unusually small "Dachluhr" or rooftop timepiece in a strung mahogany case.
A finely proportioned mahogany wheel barometer.
A fine and tall mahogany longcase of the highest quality, incorporating in the movement the known technical refinements of this noted maker.
Moon faces: quite round-eyed, pink cheeks, small mouths, pleasant expressions. Moon scenes: ship at sea; large sheep on bank.
Main dial: Roman numbers in gold with black outlines; blue chapter ring; four-continents corners, waterside, scenes hemispheres. False plate: sheet iron.
Moon faces: rather round-eyed, small mouths, pink cheeks, dreamy expressions. Moon scenes: ship with widespread sails; cottage on a bluff.
Main dial: Heavy corners with sgraffito style in "Gold" bits - prob brass, and white rounds with roses. Hemispheres: maps with outside latitude numbers.
Main dial: polyanthus corners on green background. Hemispheres: framed maps.
Main dial: dark background, pink flowers corners ("H. Foster Lpool 1848-51" had been put on). Hemispheres: doves and worlds, gold edging, very sketchy.
Main dial: darkish turquoise background, gold heart and white flowers. Hemispheres: gold doves and worlds, gold band edges to humps. False plate: sheet iron, unstamped.
Main dial: pale yellow ochre stencil-like corners, green orange and blue floral. False plate: sheet iron, faintly stamped "S Wilkes".
Main dial: breakarch moons; four-elements corners; well-painted high water on breakarch maps. False plate: cast iron, Wilkes & Son, Birmingham.
Moon faces: very red cheeks, red noses, eyes looking slightly upwards. Moon scenes: small cottage with standing figure; very sideways ship at sea, lots of other small ships in distance.
Main dial: girl feeding chickens in breakarch; spotted deer in corners.
Main dial: lot of gold outlined in black, floral and scrolls; urn in breakarch with oval; kippered dial.
Moon faces: well-painted, serious. Moon scenes: fantastic painted ruin; ship at sea stern on.
Main dial: green background to gold flowers corners; woman dipping water out of pool breakarch.
Main dial: late-style minutes; amateurish watercolour flowers corners; uneven surface.
Main dial: fan and garland corner; bad blowtorch damage; heavy moon arch. Hemispheres: Hobson maps. False plate: separate slide of false plate. Rather rare dial maker, W.M. Wood, but Hobson maps.
Slide not digitised.
Main dial: peacock feathers corners, heavy Arabic, tail on four, oblong; never seen this. Hemispheres: Hobson maps and moon dial. False plate: cast iron, W. Wood.
Main dial: off-white four-seasons corners; gold band outside chapter ring. Hemispheres: North America on left, ecliptic above equator.
Images of dials made by John Wright Fletcher, a Birmingham dial maker active in the 1830s–1840s.
Main dial: auriculas in scroll corners, turquoise moire ends, silver leaf base to flowers.
One card per dial. Set also includes some miscellaneous cards with notes. Each card gives dial maker's name, slide numbers, and detailed description of dial that includes: date, type, graphics, signature, main dial description, hemispheres, type of gilded gesso, date aperture, date dial on main dial, seconds dial on main dial, base paint, condition when received, date dial metal, date dial condition
The book includes ten items purchased before the foundation of Strike One in February 1968; they were given stock numbers 468.1-468.10.
A good English dial clock with engraved brass dial and verge escapement.
A fine and very rare Act of Parliament or tavern timepiece in a chinoiserie decorated banjo case with round white dial by this celebrated maker.
A very fine mahogany Regency bracket clock by these two well-known makers and complete with replacement wall bracket.
A good mahogany marine stick barometer with silvered brass register plate.
A rare, early eighteenth-century walnut stick barometer in the manner of John Patrick.
A very fine and rare mahogany tavern timepiece by these well-known makers.
A grande sonnerie carriage clock of the finest quality by this celebrated maker.
A fine seventeenth-century panelled marquetry longcase with 11-inch dial with some good decoration and the rare feature of a day-of-the-week aperture.
A fine eighteenth-century walnut stick barometer.
A very fine mahogany longcase with six-tune musical movement.
A good, small Scottish mahogany longcase with engraved and silvered dial.
A small and elegant satinwood mantel timepiece with a movement of high quality and a delicately engraved, silvered dial.
A fine and rare walnut stick barometer by this noted maker.
A fine bracket clock in a bell-top mahogany case of rich colour and with brass dial, verge escapement and pull hour repeat.
A fine Regency rosewood chamfer-top bracket clock with good brass ornamentation and complete with replacement wall bracket.
A very fine and rare two-train skeleton clock by this noted maker, striking the hours on a concealed gong.
A bell striking and repeating carriage clock in a gorge case with engraving of the highest quality and with alarm.
A fine and well-proportioned ebony-veneered bracket clock with quarter repeat on six bells.
A fine and rare mahogany tavern timepiece.
A very good lacquered tavern clock by this well-known maker.
A fine engraved carriage clock with cloissonée side panels and dial mask.
An exceptionally finely preserved tavern or Act of Parliament timepiece, recently removed from the Swan Hotel, Wells.
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 mahogany longcase of the finest London quality.
A fine and small ebonied bracket clock by this celebrated maker.
A fine and small ebony-veneered bracket clock with verge escapement, pull quarters on four bells and pierced, basket-top case.
A grande sonnerie Laterndluhr of the highest quality.
A fine and small tavern timepiece with round white dial, chinoiserie decoration to the case and a movement of the highest quality.
A fine, ebony-veneered bracket clock retaining all the original case mounts and with verge movement, quarter repeating on three bells.
A very rare, grande sonnerie Vienna regulator in a mahogany roof-top case.
A good Vienna regulator in a walnut case and with convex enamel dial.
A fine and rare walnut longcase by the Master of the Clockmakers Company.
A very fine mahogany Laterndluhr of eight days' duration and with grande sonnerie striking.
A nineteenth-century English dial of exceptional quality.
A fine and small mantel timepiece in a rosewood case of the highest quality.
A very fine gorge-cased carriage clock with five porcelain panels.
A Laterndluhr timepiece of the finest quality with movement of one-month duration.
A bell-top mahogany bracket clock of good proportions and colour.
An extremely rare, travelling timepiece / alarm lantern complete with case, all in a perfect state of preservation.
A fine lantern clock of early Third Period in an excellent state of preservation.
A grande sonnerie carriage clock by this noted maker in an engraved case of the highest quality.
A fine, flat to the wall, bow-front stick barometer by this noted maker.
An exceptionally fine mahogany bracket clock with profusely mounted case and quarter striking movement of great originality by this famous maker.
A good, flat-fronted mahogany stick barometer by this well-known maker.
A fine quality mahogany longcase with a particularly elegant, painted dial.
A very fine and exceedingly rare miniature longcase clock in a case decorated with chinoiserie on a simulated tortoiseshell ground. [Also included is "The Longcase Clock", an article by Tim Robinson from Antique Collectors' Club which discusses Manley, and Milo Mighell's correspondence with John Renton of the Norfolk Museums Service.]
An extremely elegant satinwood balloon bracket clock quarter chiming on eight bells.
A very fine musical and automaton bracket clock in a case veneered with tortoiseshell and profusely mounted with ormolu by this master of the Clockmakers' Company.