Original article from Journal Suisse d'Horologerie et de Bijouterie: Revue de la Société Suisse de Chronométrie (n.d.), pp. 191–192. Annotated '82'.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide, vol. 39 no. 3 (October 1985), pp. 90–92. Also includes Round the dealers, a selection of clocks from dealers' showrooms.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (March 1954), pp. 29–31.
Original article from The Antique Collector (November 1987), pp. 106–111.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (January 1950), pp. 15–17.
Original article about Dragon 32 software which "turns your Dragon into a calendar", from Personal Computing Today (September 1983), pp. 33–36.
This collection comprises mainly glass plate and film negatives of early English clocks, clock inscriptions and clockmakers’ portraits, collected by Percy G. Dawson. Many have been used in his books.
Dawson, PercyOriginal article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (December 1948), pp. 33–35.
6 b/w photographs, captioned.
Original article about the history and techniques of ormolu, the practice of gilding metal, from The Antique Collector (July 1980), pp. 60–63.
A very fine and well-proportioned "Dachluhr" or rooftop timepiece in a strung, mahogany case.
File of loose cuttings and pages from illustrated magazines, journals, bulletins and auction catalogues. Includes photographs.
Original pages 53 and 403 from The Connoisseur, vol. 35 no. 137 (January 1913).
13 b/w photographs, captioned. Also includes original exhibition captions for Martin Bylica's torquetum and Hans Dorn's celestial globe; Dr Ward's article on "The Earliest String-Gnomon Sundials" (reprint from Antiquarian Horology June 1976), and correspondence with Bayeriches Nationalmuseum, Tiroler Landesmuseum Innsbruck, and H. von Bertele. Typescript, printed and handwritten.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (October 1949), pp. 30–32.
Original article from The Connoisseur (1922), pp. 75–78.
Original article from The Connoisseur, vol. 35 no. 137 (January 1913), pp. 27–32.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (March 1954), pp. 35–36.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (August 1976), pp. 74–76.
Two copies of an original article from The Antique Collector (August 1979), pp. 72–74.
Original article from The Connoisseur Year Book (1956), pp. 22–26.
Original article from The Antique Collector (May 1974), pp. 34–44.
Typescript. Also includes four drawings.
Includes newspaper cuttings about clock and watch sales.
Includes annotated typescript of "The Tompion Clocks at Greenwich and the Dead-beat Escapement" by Derek Howse, an article published in Antiquarian Horology (December 1970); pages from the Horological Journal (October 1962) on Tompion pallets; and Northcote's correspondence with Howse, with notes and sketches.
Also includes two b/w photographs.
Includes copy correspondence and typescript copies of Electrical Horology Group minutes of 9th October 1970; "List of Works on Electrical Horology" compiled by Charles K. Aked; a list of articles on electrical horology compiled by Anthony Prasil; and a list of members interested in electrical horology, with addresses.
This series contains Lewis S. Northcote's correspondence on horological matters.
Mostly handwritten. Includes notes, sketches and calculations.
Includes typewritten obituary by L. Northcote, with list of work done by Hartley; handwritten notes and drafts for the obituary and the list; T.M. Hartley's outgoing letter book (1949–53); brochure and leaflet on John Smith & Sons (Midland Clock Works Derby Ltd); and related correspondence.
Also includes notes. Map not included.
Contains one sepia photograph, uncaptioned, loose.
Includes an order form brochure for the book on Jens Olsen's astronomical world-clock by Otto Mortensen (1957), two photographic postcards and envelope.
Original articles from Endeavour vol. 27 no. 100 (January 1968), pp. 28–32 and 23–27.
Original article from Endeavour, vol. 27 no. 100 (January 1968), pp. 38–41.
Original article from the Journal of the Society of Arts (24 May 1878), pp. 608–620.
Original advance copy of paper to be presented at a general meeting of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers in London on 19th December 1952. Published by the Institution.
Original article in two parts from The Connoisseur (September 1910 and January 1911), pp. 31–36 and 27–33 respectively.
Includes letters, a photographic postcard, and typewritten articles on "Compiegne (Oise): Hotel de Ville" and "La Bancloque de Compiegne".
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (June 1985), pp. 65–67.
Original article about Christiaan Huygens, from Journal Suisse d'Horologerie et de Bijouterie: Revue de la Société Suisse de Chronométrie (n.d.), pp. 376–382. Annotated '82'.
Original pages from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (October 1974), pp. 141–142, including a short article on Huguenot clockmakers. Includes issue cover and advertisement page.
Typescript. Envelope annotated "Inf. from Bedini".
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (August 1981), pp. 34–36.
Two copies of an original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (June 1972), pp. 107–109.
Original article from The Listener (24 October 1957), pp. 651–652.
Original article from The Listener (1 May 1958), pp. 732–733.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (August 1976), pp. 65–67.
Original article from Antique Collecting (March 1995), pp. 4–8.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 12 no. 6 (October 1977), pp. 53–55.
Photocopy of an article from Antiques Bulletin issue 594 (25–31 March 1995), pp. 54–55.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (September 1948), pp. 29–31.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide, vol. 5 no. 4 (August 1970), pp. 4–9.
Two copies of the original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (November 1976), pp. 92–94. Includes issue covers.
Original article about collectible illustrations from antiquarian books, from Antique Collecting (February 1978), pp. 26–29. Also includes antique clock dealers' advertisement pages.
Original section of 56 pages from Antique Collector (April 1982), containing dealers' advertisements and articles, including "From time to time" by Andrew King, "The marine chronometer" by F. A. Mercer, and "Mercurial barometer" by Nigel Coleman.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (September 1964), pp. 36–38.
Original article about 30-hour cottage longcases from Antiques and Art Monitor (17–23 February 1979), pp. 14–17.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (July 1974), pp. 70–74.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (November 1958), pp. 29–31.
Includes over 25 photographs and photographic postcards and six articles on chiming clocks, Thomas Tompion clocks, curious clocks, "Pendulum to Atom" exhibition, and a number of other individual clocks.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (January 1954), pp. 17–19.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (October 1981), pp. 60–62.
Original article from Art & Antiques Weekly (19–25 September 1980), pp. 20–23.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (September 1950), pp. 22–24.
Original article in two parts from The Connoisseur, vol. 168 (June/July 1968), pp. 72–81 and 149–157. Also includes "Jean Petitot and Jacques Bordier at the English court", pp. 82–91.
1 b/w photograph and 1 colour postcard. Also includes Dr Moore's letter to Musée du Château de Blois, with request for a photographic copy of another painting (photo not included).
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (May 1977), pp. 79–81.
Includes nine photographs, two postcards, one printed drawing and two negatives of clocks from Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle; Musée du Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers in Paris; a sixteenth-century automatic clock in the shape of a ship from a private collection, and some of unidentified origin.
Original article from The Connoisseur (April 1935), pp. 213–217.
Original article about the clock market from Antique Collecting, vol. 24 no. 3 (July/August 1989), p. 9.
Includes clocks from Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle, Horniman Museum, Bethnal Green Museum, James Cox Musical Clock, the Bridges Clock, Helleicher's Singing Clock, the Thomas Dallam Organ, etc. 12 photographs.
6 b/w photographs, captioned. Originally in an envelope captioned "Blair photos".
Includes three photographs of the Dondi Clock and article from Horological Journal (June 1961), and a brochure titles Globes and Spheres by H. von Bertele.
Typescript photocopy. Two copies.
Original article from the Clocks issue of Maxwell's Pictorial Knowledge, vol. 2 no. 3 (1969), pp. 428–436. Also includes "How to make a sundial".
Original article from The World of Antiques no. 2 (Autumn 1989), pp. 32–33.
Original articles from Antique Collecting (February 1992), pp. 28–31 and 32–35. Also includes antique clock dealers' directory.
Original article from Antique Collector (August 1973), pp. 201–206.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (March 1955), pp. 32–34.
Makers' surnames include: Seignior, Sharpe, Smith, Sully, Tolley, Vick. The file contains correspondence, cutouts and photocopies of catalogue listings, photographs and notes.
Makers' surnames include: Jacques, Jeffs, King / De King, Lindsay, Long, Martin, Merriman, Merryman, Newborough, Newbrough, Northcote, Paine, Parker, Rasher, Reith, Robinson. The file contains correspondence, cutouts and photocopies of catalogue listings, photographs and notes.
Makers' surnames include: Halstead, Halsted, Harris, Harrys, Harvey, Haughtin, Hodgkin, Holloway, Huddleston, Hudson. The file contains correspondence, cutouts and photocopies of catalogue listings, photographs and notes.
Makers' surnames include: Dent, Edlin / Edlyne, Finch, Gardner, Gerrard, Gordon. The file contains correspondence, photocopies of eighteenth-century newspaper extracts, cutouts and photocopies of catalogue listings, photographs and notes.
Makers' surnames include: Cattell, Chambers, Constantin, Constantine, Cooley, Cotsworth, Creed, Crouch, Cuff. The file contains correspondence, photocopies of eighteenth-century newspaper extracts, cutouts and photocopies of catalogue listings, photographs and notes.
Makers' surnames include: Adamson, Aske, Barnett, Bennett, Beyer, Boyce, Bradford, Buckenhill. The file contains correspondence, cutouts and photocopies of catalogue listings, photographs and notes.
Gives clockmakers' names and dates, slide numbers, and brief description of dials
This series contains files of correspondence and cutouts from catalogues, newspapers, journals and other publications, relating to the work of individual clockmakers and engravers.
Photocopy of an article from Country Life (12 June 1969), pp. 1528–1535.
Original article about Sir William Congreve, from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (October 1987), pp. 52–54.
Original article from Antiques Bulletin no. 498 (27 February–5 March 1993), pp. 45–47.
[An unusual clock in an engraved oval case.]