Photocopy of an article from Practical Engineering (25 December 1953), p. 694.
11 colour photographs, individually labelled. Exhibition organised by David Day.
Original articles from The Connoisseur, vol. 136 no. 547 (September 1955), pp. 3–11.
Original article from The Connoisseur, vol. 125 no. 515 (March 1950), pp. 21–27. Includes mention of a Restoration period vase-shaped clock.
Slide 232 shows ceramic plates illustrating The Potter's Art, displayed next to the clock shown in slides 166, 167, 168, 169 and 231.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 5 no. 5 (September 1970), pp. 24–26.
Four bound issues: September 1930 (section 3c), January 1932 (section 5f), April 1932 (sections 1g and 2f), July 1933 (section 1k). Also includes leaflet 222f for "Electro-matic Frequency Clocks" (June 1934). Produced by Tangent.
Three bound issues: November 1927 (Section 3a), January 1928 (section 1b), March 1928 (section 5c). Produced by Tangent. Includes related correspondence.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (October 1971), pp. 81–83.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (November 1972), pp. 70–74.
Original article from The Connoisseur, vol. 150 no. 604 (June 1962), pp. 78–91.
Original article from Country Life Annual (1955), pp. 84–87.
Reprint of an article from M&E Engineers Digest (June 1978), pp. 15–19. The author was resident engineer at the Palace of Westminster.
Original article from The Connoisseur, vol. 70 (December 1924), pp. 230–236.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide, vol. 20 no. 12 (July 1966), pp. 50–53.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (February 1948), pp. 24–26.
Original article from Endeavour no. 99, vol. 26 (September 1967), pp. 122–125.
Original article from The Connoisseur (November 1931), pp. 308–315.
Original article from La Suisse Horlogère (October 1955), pp. 37–44.
Original article from The Connoisseur, vol. 183 no. 736 (June 1973), pp. 94–96.
Includes copy of "Timekeepers of character", an article about the collection by George Worswick, published in Country Life in January 1978.
Original article from The Connoisseur (January 1973), pp. 3–14.
Original article about a collection of English furniture, clocks and barometers sold at Christie's on 5 December 1991, from Christie's International Magazine, vol. 8 no. 8 (October 1991), pp. 6–7. Also includes The Murad III globes by Tom Lamb, pp. 8–9.
Original article from Antique Collector (January 1975), pp. 29–33.
Photocopy of chapter 1 of unidentified publication.
Original article about the work of Andrew King and his interest in John Harrison, from Woodworking (June 1999), pp. 40–44.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (December 1975), pp. 87–89.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide, vol. 17 no. 6 (January 1963), pp. 43–44.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (February 1959), pp. 20–21.
Original article from The Antique Collector (August 1957), pp. 148–152.
Original article from World of Antiques collectors' guide first classic edition (1969), pp. 139–141.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (March 1961), pp. 29–30.
Notebook, 47 pages, containing John W. Castle's handwritten notes, mostly on individual clocks, and some drawings. A signed note on inside cover reads "The notes in this book represent hours of research in museums and libraries all over England and half Europe".
Original article from Antiques Weekly (19 June 1972), pp. 34–37.
Bound copy of an article published in Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie (March 1929), reprinted in the Watchmaker, Jeweler, Silversmith and Optician, translated by J. Eric Haswell.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 12 no. 1 (May 1977), pp. 18–20.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (February 1973), pp. 55–58. Also includes issue cover.
Photocopy of an article from Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments, vol. 13 (1980).
Photocopy of an article about the collection of John Hendry, published in Worcester Evening News.
Original article from The Antique Collector (January 1984), pp. 40–42.
Two copies of the original article from Antique Collecting (March 1979), pp. 10–15 and 22–24. Also includes antique dealers' advertisement pages.
Original article from The Connoisseur (August 1910), pp. 249–254.
Original article from The Connoisseur (March 1903), pp. 169–174.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (November 1978), pp. 90–94.
Original article in two parts from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (October and November 1974), pp. 100–103, 80–82 and 85 respectively.
Letter from the original "Home Correspondence" section of the Journal of the Society of Arts (9 September 1859), p. 675.
Original pages from Journal of the Society of Arts (26 August 1859), pp. 654–655.
Original article from The Connoisseur, vol. 188 no. 756 (February 1975), pp. 116–123.
Original article from The Connoisseur (April 1962), pp. 211–219.
Original article from Apollo (n.d.), pp. 49–52, 55.
Original article in three parts from The Antique Collector (February, June and October 1966), pp. 18–25, 125–131 and 211–217.
Original Royal Society of Arts publication of six lectures delivered before the Society in January and February 1908.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 21 no. 6 (November 1986), pp. 28–30.
Images of dials made by Thomas Keeling, a Birmingham dial maker active in 1799–1825.
Main dial: off-white, very elegant gesso, high oval in top, goddess holding palm leaf. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: gesso whirligig corners; decorated arch seascape in breakarch with two ships.
Main dial: roses and crocus corners, long-necked birds centre with thin foliage. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: roses and crocus corners, long-necked birds centre with thin foliage. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: carnations, lilies, gesso framed, two long necked birds with foliage, black sprigs over lower dial feet. False plate: cast iron.
Original article from Apollo Miscellany (1950), pp. 1–8.
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: blue/grey, roses in corners, gesso ovals set widthways, flat gold scrolling in corners, two long-necked birds in centre, roses with some blue petals. Hemispheres: curious maps, North America, ecliptic below equator.
Main dial: off-white, very absorbent surface, modified fan corners, green fans, pale pink border, muted colours. Hemispheres: upside-down maps.
Main dial: blue/grey, strawberries and auriculas with blue flowers corners, gesso framing, long-necked birds in centre. Hemispheres: maps upside-down.
Main dial: blue/grey, very dark blue ovals in corners with gesso. Moon faces: pop-eyed. Moon scenes: lady by seaside with anchor and dismasted ship in gale (this artist specialised in death and destruction at sea).
Main dial: blue/grey, pink roses in corners, no gesso, long-necked birds in centre. Hemispheres: North America, ecliptic below equator.
Main dial: blue/grey, very dark blue ovals in corners with gesso. Hemispheres: North America, with ecliptic above equator.
Main dial: blue/grey, pink roses, strawberries corners, long-necked birds in centre, no gesso. Hemispheres: maps.
Main dial: off-white, large ladies, four seasons, no borders, gold band, nice painting. Hemispheres: maps.
Hemispheres: North America, ecliptic below equator.
Main dial: blue/grey, four seasons ladies, rather skinny-faced and awkward postures. Hemispheres: good maps, America, with ecliptic below equator.
Main dial: creamy, anemone and blue petalled roses in corners, gesso-framed. Hemispheres: maps USA ecliptic below equator.
Main dial: blue/grey, gold band, four seasons, long faces. Hemispheres: good maps (original but dirty).
Main dial: blue/grey, gold band, four seasons, long faces. Hemispheres: good maps (original but dirty).
Main dial: blue/grey, roses top, ranunculus bottom, primroses and small blue flowers dial centre. Hemispheres: odd maps, gold star on moon post, maps gold edged.
Main dial: grey/blue, off-white, roses and strawberry top corner, roses bottom, two gilt sprigs either side of date dial, gilded winding holes. Hemispheres: odd maps, North America, ecliptic below equator, gold rim.
Main dial: blue/grey, gesso corners, oval pattern, two birds in centre of dial. Hemispheres: narrow, North America, ecliptic above equator.
Main dial: pale blue/grey, small roses in corners with dot gesso oval and gesso flourishes, moss roses centre. Hemispheres: North America with ecliptic.
Main dial: off-white, orangey roses centre, honeysuckle and auriculas corners, gesso-framed. Hemispheres: maps, narrow USA, ecliptic above equator.
Main dial: blue/grey, pale, pears and strawberry gesso-framed corners. Hemispheres: maps too small for hemispheres.
Main dial: blue/grey, flowing gesso corners. Hemispheres: wide, North America, ecliptic below equator.
Two Osborne breakarch dials together. Main dial left: roses and anemones, corners with gesso framing, bird with roses? in breakarch. Main dial right: gesso with long oval in corners, urn gesso in breakarch.
Main dial: blue/grey, fine gesso corners with ovals, green inside, rocking ship with USA flag and curved breakarch, ground add-in.
Main dial: off-white, gold leaf shells with seaweed corners, well-painted background to swans. Moving swan's head missing.
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: 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: creamy, gold framing, corners with roses, rocking ship in arch. Arch thinly painted.
Main dial: badly damaged, heavy overpainting, graphics.
Main dial: pale blue/grey, auriculas and nasturtiums gesso-framed corners, surprised-looking long tailed bird in breakarch with bachelor's buttons.
Main dial: probably blue/grey, honeysuckle and anemone corners, no gesso, roses in centre; bird, strawberries and auriculas in breakarch, two lines at base of breakarch.
Main dial: blue/grey, blue-toned roses and anemones corners, no gesso, bird with peach and cherries in breakarch.
Main dial: roses and carnations corners, no gesso, bird with strawberries in breakarch.
Main dial: blue/grey, vetch and roses corners, gesso-framed, bird with nest and roses in breakarch.
Main dial: strawberry and honeysuckle corners, no gesso, long-tailed bird in breakarch, two anemones in centre.
Main dial: dotted oval and spandrel-type corners, fancy gesso breakarch, grommets used in winding holes.
Main dial: dotted oval and spandrel-type corners, fancy gesso breakarch, grommets used in winding holes.
Main dial: dotted oval and spandrel-type corners, fancy gesso breakarch grommets used in winding holes.
Main dial: blue/grey, all print décor, Father Time in high oval, with elaborate scrolling in breakarch.
Main dial: blue/grey, diamond gesso, spandrel corners, floral and scrolling either side of high oval in breakarch, fine painting of lady with lady with dog in oval.