Main dial: off-white; elaborate corners in oval; Greek key design; gold rope edge. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: off-white; elaborate corners in oval; Greek key design; gold rope edge. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: four parts of Great Britain corners; Britannia in seascape dial centre, fully painted with oval pictures, Nelson and Collingwood; breakarch scene "General Le Fevre attacking Cossacks". False plate: cast iron.
Moon faces: very round protuberant eyes, serious expression. Moon scenes: dog (springer spaniel); cottage by lakeside, tree in middle of scene.
Main dial: elaborate corners, gold shield with pink edging, blue anchor, green laurel leaves, green fan like rest of corner, woman weeping in breakarch. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: four continents, gold bands, unusual dial. Same painter as Edward Glaze. Hemispheres: Father Time and a nun or saint.
Moon faces: pleasant expression, red noses, red cheeks. Moon scenes: ship; cottage with odd roof.
Main dial: off-white, greenish scrumble background and roses corners; centre shepherd on rock, gold band arch and man selling cow. False plate: cast iron, named.
Moon faces: reasonably pleasant expression. Moon scenes: cottage at lakeside with tree; ship.
Main dial: cream background; gold shells on black corners with gold band. Unusual to have black as dries slowly.
Main dial: off-white, anemone bottom, tulips top; gold framing windmill with revolving base in breakarch. False plate: cast iron, Fire Sharp.
Main dial: curious corners, green with bug and oval striped.
Images of dials made by W. H. Price, a Birmingham dial maker active around 1800.
Main dial: blue-grey; carnations and strawberry corners, gesso framed; three birds centre.
Images of dials made by N. Porter, a Birmingham dial maker active around 1810.
Images of dials made by George Walker or Walker & Company, Birmingham dial makers active around 1810.
Main dial: wheels and diamonds top corners; top scene sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham. False plate: W & Hall.
Main dial: odd corners, lots of lines, copper insert in centre breakarch. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: weird decoration; flying diamonds and wheel in breakarch, not liked.
Main dial: four seasons corners; hunting scene breakarch. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: large roses and tulips corners with gold corners. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: honeysuckle and tulip corners, outside framing, two birds centre; old-fashioned type of decoration. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: roses corners, double-framed, gold and crimson lake. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: gilded gesso corners, oval type.
Main dial: semicircles in gold with pink rose garlands and dull green olive corners. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: Finnemore-type roses corners, gold and yellow ochre, red motifs; bird centre with branch and grass.
Moon faces: heavy-lidded, red cheeks. Moon scenes: ship at sea, stiff waves; square Georgian house by river.
Main dial: gold basket with roses corners.
Main dial: stylised flowers in corners, basket of roses centre, with foliage going upwards. Hemispheres: North America on left, ecliptic below equator. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: geometric corners, fine lines, two birds in centre; two tulips in breakarch, decorated small oval with stone in centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: pink roses and rosebuds corners with some gold; church in breakarch. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: off-white, geometric flower and two daffodils in bitty corners; cottage dial centre.
Moon faces: round-eyed, pleasant, pink cheeks and noses. Moon scenes: ship at sea; country house by river. Hemispheres: North America on left, ecliptic below equator. False plate: not given.
Moon faces: very squinty-eyed, pale faces. Moon scenes: small ship; cottage in countryside.
Main dial: off-white magnolia; bitty corners with circle and urn in centre; corn sheaf in circle, flowers either side. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: shells in L-shaped pink corner frame.
Main dial: fat pink roses in geometric corners. Hemispheres: good maps, North America on left, ecliptic below equator. False plate: cast iron.
Moon faces: slightly pensive, pleasant, red cheeks, red noses. Moon scenes: ship at sea, rigid waves; Georgian house by lakeside.
Main dial: heavy pink roses in circle; deep rose and blue filling in corners; gold leaf branches at side of date aperture.
Main dial: curious Walker-type corners with diamond shapes, grapes and leaves band, imitation topaz centres; well-painted Adam and Eve breakarch; only Eve's arm moving, no serpent. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: four-seasons corners, cutout in breakarch with gold peacock; two joined swans rocking on water; Georgian house in distance. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue/grey geometric corners with some gold, fat bird.
Main dial: cream base, pink cornucopias with gold fruit corners. Hemispheres: maps. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: ranunculus and anemone corners, rose framing.
Main dial: pink roses, corners with gold; funny bird in basket and flowers breakarch with auriculas.
Main dial: simple yellow, red single flower with gold dots around and rosebuds either side.
Main dial: bitty corners. Hemispheres: maps.
Moon faces: very red cheeks. Moon scenes: fishing boat with a sail; lake scene, cottage with tower.
Main dial: borders using bronze paint; polyanthus and moss roses corners; two baskets of flowers centre florals. Hemispheres: floral.
Moon faces: typical and well-painted. Moon scenes: blue roof to Georgian square house; ship, fully rigged.
Main dial: gold leaf chapter ring, four continents corners; Moses in breakarch. False plate: cast iron.
Moon faces: serious. Moon scenes: church with spire; quite good ship.
This series comprises images of clock dials made by known Birmingham makers.
The dials have been categorised by Frances Tennant into the following dial types:
12 o'clock moon, Arched with moon, Automata, Birds in arch, Brass arched, Brass arched moon, Brass square, Gesso in arch, High oval in arch, Low oval in arch, Moon dial, Other arch, Other dial type, Oval dial, Picture in arch, Round dial, Square dial.
Images of dials made by Osborne & Wilson, Birmingham dial makers active in 1772–77.
Main dial: off-white, heavy bold gesso corners and breakarch; decorated winding holes.
Main dial: creamy, unusual heavy gesso in imitation brass spandrels; rose and buds in breakarch with gesso side pieces; upside-down roses either side of decorated winding holes.
Images of dials made by Thomas Hadley Osborne, a Birmingham dial maker who started his own dial manufactory after the dissolution of the Wilson & Osborne partnership in 1777.
Main dial: diamond, gilded gesso in corners, scene gesso, framed farm scene in breakarch, curved date aperture, grommets in winding holes.
Moon faces: slightly pop-eyed, one with eyes very close together. Moon scenes: ship at anchor by rocky cove; curious volcano-like structure with tree.
Main dial: dotted oval and spandrel-type corners, fancy gesso breakarch grommets used in winding holes.
Main dial: blue/grey, anemones and strawberry corners, long-necked birds in centre and no gesso.
Main dial: off-white, fan and oval corners, very bright bird in reeds in centre.
Moon faces: pop-eyed. Moon scenes: landscape with two standing figures; ship on fire at sea (another example of the pop-eyed moon artist looking at death and destruction at sea).
Main dial: blue-petalled roses and ranunculus, corners framed with dot gesso, gold leaf shells in breakarch corners. Automata has coastal scene with ship missing (ship taken from Wilson).
Main dial: pale blue/grey, auriculas and nasturtiums gesso-framed corners, surprised-looking long tailed bird in breakarch with bachelor's buttons.
Main dial: blue/grey, pale, pears and strawberry gesso-framed corners. Hemispheres: maps too small for hemispheres.
Moon faces: pleasant. Moon scenes: ship at sea; girl with wings on her feet, holding flowers.
Main dial: blue/grey, four seasons ladies, rather skinny-faced and awkward postures. Hemispheres: good maps, America, with ecliptic below equator.
Main dial: badly damaged, heavy overpainting, graphics.
Main dial: blue/grey, corners gesso oval with dots surrounding blue pink and red flowers, oval gesso acanthus also in corners, nigella and palm leaf centre.
Main dial: gold shells in corners with framing, thin dial plate.
Main dial: miniature of Nelson, breakarch with gold flag and lion (battle of the Nile?), gold flag, drum and flag corners in gold band.
Main dial: blue/grey, carnations and honeysuckle corners, auricula in breakarch with springs.
Main dial: ranunculus or orange rose, strawberries, gesso-framed. 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.
Main dial: ranunculus and moss roses gesso-framed corners. Hemispheres: untouched; North America, ecliptic above equator. False plate: cast iron.
Moon faces: round-eyed, rather pensive. Moon scenes: ship scene; violin player on rock.
Main dial: blue-grey; strawberry and large vetch in corners, gesso-framed; two fat birds. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: pale blue-grey; single anemone and strawberries gesso-framed corners; moss rose floral cartouche in breakarch. 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: roses and ranunculus gesso-framed corners. Hemispheres: North America, ecliptic above equator. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: roses and ranunculus gesso-framed corners. Hemispheres: North America, ecliptic above equator. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey; fine surface, gesso ovals, dark-blue centres with motif, fine scrolling, no grommets, petalled gilt winding holes. Hemispheres: early cut-off type, narrow, USA.
Moon faces: rather serious. Moon scenes: mid-blue sky with comet, lakeside scene, well painted.
Main dial: off-white; imitation gesso spandrel-like corners with mid-blue ovals; portrait of John Wesley in oval, dot surround, gold scrolling either side of breakarch. False plate: Wilson, cast iron.
Moon faces: small features, round eyes, pensive. Moon scenes: ship at sea; landscape with tower by waterside.
Main dial: blue-grey; cherries and dianthus gesso-framed corners. Hemispheres: garlands. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: strawberry and poppy corners, unusual type of gesso aperture framing, long-necked Osborne-type birds. Hemispheres: floral garlands.
Main dial: off-white, gesso with ovals in corners, similar to Stanyer dial. False plate: cast iron.
Moon faces: round-eyed. Moon scenes: ship at sea; landscape with ruined tower and man fishing.
Main dial: roses and ranunculus gesso-framed corners; burnt dial, small. Hemispheres: North America, ecliptic below equator. False plate: cast iron.
Moon faces: round-eyed, small mouth. Moon scenes: ship at sea; cottage in landscape.
Main dial: blue-grey; honeysuckle and vetch corners, gesso-framed; pink roses in centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: blue-grey; complicated gesso above centre; corners maps gone; moon age in breakarch.
Main dial: honeysuckle and strawberry gesso-framed corners; long-tailed medium birds centre. Hemispheres: North America, ecliptic below equator.
UV lamp photo of unrestored dial. Main dial: blue-petalled roses and strawberries; blue small flowers fine gesso framing corners; garland centre. Hemispheres: early cut-off type, narrow USA.
Main dial: shells in corners; abbey tower and houses in centre. False plate: double Wilson.
Main dial: fan and vignette corners; long-tailed bright medium birds in centre. False plate: cast iron.