A rare striking trunk dial with convex wood dial.
A fine mahogany trunk dial timepiece.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (September 1989), pp. 35–37.
Original article about James McCabe from Art & Antiques Weekly (3 March 1979), p. 25.
Original article from Antique Collector (April 1971), pp. 71–76.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 10 no. 6 (October 1975), pp. 16–19.
Original article from La Suisse Horlogère (December 1956), pp. 79–86.
Original article from La Suisse Horlogère (December 1956), pp. 51–58.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train arched dial with moon; matted centre, centre date name on applied silvered shield; Chippendale or Rococo spandrels; moon age separate silvered band. Hemispheres: rising sun and maps.
Original article from Antique Collecting (December 1995/January 1996), pp. 21.
This collection comprises research notes on clockmaking in regions of England (Surrey, Middlesex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight) and the Black Forest, possibly assembled by E. John Tyler.
Tyler, JohnCopy of an article published in Mat. Med. Nordm. vol 23.
Includes a typewritten letter and article "Die Ulmer Rathausuhr: Ein handwelkliches Meisterstück deutscher Renaissencekunst von Albrecht Rieber", and a photograph. Also includes a letter from the mayor of Olomuc, Czechoslovakia, regarding a booklet on the Olomuc town hall clock (the booklet is not included).
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (October 1987), pp. 40–43.
Reprint from La Montre Suisse vol. 44 no. 21 (1971).
Original article from Journal of the Society of Arts, vol. 33 (16 April 1885), pp. 182–189.
Main dial: eight-day two-train square dial with 12 o'clock moon, silvered and engraved centre with odd birds in trees, date on dial centre, very fine engraving interim markings on chapter ring. Painted moon with probably two landscapes.
Main dial: eight-day two-train square dial with 12 o'clock moon, painted centre, shaped date aperture, age of moon painted on moon dial edge (12 o'clock moons are rare with painted centres).
Main dial: eight-day two-train square dial with 12 o'clock moon, painted centre, shaped date aperture, age of moon painted on moon dial edge (12 o'clock moons are rare with painted centres).
Main dial: eight-day two-train square dial with 12 o'clock moon, painted centre, shaped date aperture, age of moon painted on moon dial edge (12 o'clock moons are rare with painted centres).
Main dial: eight-day two-train square dial with 12 o'clock moon, silvered and engraved centre with odd birds in trees, date on dial centre, very fine engraving interim markings on chapter ring. Painted moon with probably two landscapes.
Main dial: breakarch moon, A. Bell type; silver leaf underlay for houses corners; maps in hemispheres.
Main dial: sllver leaf underlay for houses corners; maps in hemispheres.
Main dial: breakarch moon, A. Bell type; silver leaf underlay for houses corners; maps in hemispheres.
Main dial: very bad previous restoration; breakarch moon, moon very dirty and discoloured; gesso-framed corners, motifs not looking original. Hemispheres: maps, awful.
Main dial: pointed ruins top corners, cottages bottom. Thin paint. Hemispheres: cottage in distance.
Main dial: breakarch moon pale face. "Not restored by me, photo not taken by us".
Main dial: bronze powder background and four-seasons ladies; silver or gold leaf, gold castles in humps.
Large dial. Main dial: four-continents corners, bright colours, funny looking camel, odd American Indian.
Main dial: scenic corners, abbeys by waterside, white standing figure, maps in hemispheres. Iron moon.
Main dial: false moon; poorly painted dogs and stags corners, man with dog and gun dial centre.
Main dial: Halifax-style corners, wide moon arch, corners had to be redone - crumbling. Hemispheres: maps.
Main dial: very large, heavy arch; zinc moon; four seasons corners, thin paint. Hemispheres: scenes in humps.
Main dial: breakarch moon, gold leaf background to pink rose and blue auriculas corners. Hemispheres: maps. Large dial.
Main dial: seasons girls top, boys bottom; maps same as Heywood. Bright colours, well painted, terrible overpainting on maps.
Main dial: bronze powder background and pink fat roses corners; odd rudimentary maps; gold edge looks hand-drawn.
Main dial: goats in corners; maps in hemispheres.
Main dial: four-seasons boys corners, colours bright, dial centre man on horse talking to woman. Maps in hemispheres. Nice dial.
Main dial: houses and castles corners; top has swans; square Georgian-type houses; humps.
Main dial: ruined abbeys corners, messy painting. Hemispheres: gold pavilions in humps.
Main dial: rabbits top, foxes bottom corners; crude colours. Hemispheres: man with stick humps.
Main dial: bronze powder background to cottages and windmills corners; zinc moon dial. Hemispheres: churches in humps.
Very large dial, 14 1/4. Main dial: roses, carnations and blue flowers corners, very delicate; date aperture very large, decorated. Hemispheres: hand-drawn maps. False plate: iron moon dial.
Main dial: cottages top, house with tower bottom, painted ruins in distance. Very thin paint. Hemispheres: humps.
Main dial: cottages top, house with tower bottom, painted ruins in distance. Very thin paint. Hemispheres: humps.
Main dial: arched automata; abbeys in corners; fort with flag on left, grotto on right in breakarch; well painted background to ship.
Main dial: arched automata; cottage with standing figure corners; cut-out grotto and castle in breakarch, nice colours; rocking ship.
Main dial: eight-day breakarch with automata, 1795 or later. One-piece silvered dial, square-ended date aperture, scrolls in corners, decorated breakarch. Good painting in arch background, Adam and Eve rather crude, with arms to move. New serpent made. Interesting clock.
Main dial: rocking ship with grotto; cottages corners; bright colours; number on false plate.
Main dial: one-piece silvered dial, automata rocking ship. Nice engraving.
Main dial: black leopard, elephant and bear in corners; man shooting lion centre; lion with rolling eyes biting camel in breakarch. Well painted.
Main dial: black leopard, elephant and bear in corners; man shooting lion centre; lion with rolling eyes biting camel in breakarch. Well painted.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train arched dial with Adam and Eve automata in breakarch, engraved and silvered dial centre, with centre date on chapter ring, seconds on dial centre, Rococo spandrels. Crude painting of Adam and Eve, both arms to move and corkscrew serpent (brass) moves around the tree trunk; motto "O Man Except of No Thing that God Forbids" on breakarch.
Main dial: rocking ship automata.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train arched dial, with Adam and Eve automata in breakarch and 6 o'clock moon. One-piece chapter ring and centre, plain with cutout for seconds dial and 6 o'clock moon, name in hemispheres. Two small dials top left and right with date and month. Pointed moon with starry sky looks crude. Arch of dial has scalloped cutout for automata scene. Adam and Eve arms to move, as well as corkscrew flat serpent going around tree trunk. Rococo spandrels. Very unusual.
Main dial: eight-day automata, gold (bronze) background to lighthouses and abbeys corners; font and grotto breakarch with silver leaf rocking ship.
The only example of signed brass dial bracket clock painted decoration: Artist Grimaldi, well-known London painter, signature untouched, seen in 1103.
The only example of signed brass dial bracket clock painted decoration: Artist Grimaldi, well-known London painter, signature untouched, seen in 1103.
The only example of signed brass dial bracket clock painted decoration: Artist Grimaldi, well-known London painter, signature untouched, seen here.
Brass dial bracket clock with ship automata. Never had whole thing.
Main dial: eighteenth-century brass dial bracket clock with automata in the breakarch. Brass rocking ship was engraved under the paint (owner Eric Gent, St Helens).
Main dial: eighteenth-century brass dial bracket clock with automata in the breakarch. Brass rocking ship was engraved under the paint (owner Eric Gent, St Helens).
Main dial: eighteenth-century brass dial bracket clock with automata in the breakarch. Brass rocking ship was engraved under the paint (owner Eric Gent, St Helens).
Main dial: eight-day breakarch with automata, 1795 or later. One-piece silvered dial, square-ended date aperture, scrolls in corners, decorated breakarch. Good painting in arch background, Adam and Eve rather crude, with arms to move. New serpent made. Interesting clock.
Main dial: rocking ship with grotto; cottages corners; bright colours; number on false plate.
Main dial: rocking ship, small background.
Main dial: eight-day, 4-train, arched top. Extremely fine clock, matted centre, square date aperture, name in applied oval below centre, separate seconds ring, inner markings to chapter ring, interim markings between Roman numerals; two subsidiary dials top left and right, tune selector in breakarch, head and foliage spandrels, dolphin in breakarch.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train arched dial with rocking ship in breakarch, silvered and engraved centre with seconds, date on centre of dial, Rococo spandrels; painted seascape in arch with wavy cutout round hole for rocking ship; name on applied piece in breakarch.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train, by either Thomas (1728-55) or Joseph (1772). Matted centre, square date aperture, separate seconds ring, inside chapter ring markings, interim markings; head and foliage spandrels; applied engraved boss in breakarch with winged king catching flies; "Tempus Fugit" motto; chevron engraving at edge of boss; dolphin spandrels in breakarch, "No 1154" engraved on dial.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train, "strike-silent" in Latin; breakarch, brass base, thick paint off-white grey.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train, arched with separate date circle in arch, matted centre, interim markings, inside markings on chapter ring, outside banded, minute circle, minute numbers medium size, diamonds between; separate seconds ring; curious wedge-shaped aperture for silvered engraved days of week.
Silvered engraved days-of-the-week dial.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train arched dial, silvered and engraved centre, distinctive style engraving, large round-ended date aperture, interim markings on chapter ring; head and foliage spandrels; painted insert in breakarch: Juno with lightning.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train arched dial, one-piece silvered dial with applied Rococo spandrels, curved date aperture, crude engraving, musical instruments in breakarch. This clock is in the Metropolitan Museum in New York City, with a fine case but dial does not look right.
Main dial: auriculas and strawberries, pink and blue roses, flat gold framing, gold shells.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train arched dial; engraved and silvered centre with fierce bird (Nantwich-style), square date aperture, small compass points seconds on dial; Indian head spandrels, dolphin spandrels in arch, which has applied painted boss of two-headed eagle. Chester Military Museum.
Main dial: breakarch, Dutch-style chapter ring, nice engraving, set in seconds dial.
Main dial: two-train complicated clock with date, month, etc. Similar to Bath Pump Room Clock.
Main dial: arched with name in brass breakarch; head spandrels, matted centre, fleur-de-lis interim markings.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train arched dial with Adam and Eve in breakarch. Dial breakarch cut out similar to Gill dial: painting of Garden of Eden background somewhat similar but figures better done. Both arms to move as well as shaped serpent going around tree.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train arched dial with Adam and Eve in breakarch. Dial breakarch cut out similar to Gill dial: painting of Garden of Eden background somewhat similar but figures better done. Both arms to move as well as shaped serpent going around tree.
Main dial: man with gun hunting in breakarch, very crude.
Main dial: two-train complicated clock with date, month, etc. Similar to Bath Pump Room Clock.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train arched dial with moon, silvered and engraved centre, square date aperture, small compass points seconds on dial centre; head and foliage spandrels; unusual breakarch with painted landscape inset with trees on hemisphere.
Main dial: one-piece silvered dial with painted moon. See also slide 90, which shows restored other Harland moon in Columbia Museum.
Main dial: one-piece silvered dial with painted moon. See also slide 90, which shows restored other Harland moon in Columbia Museum.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train arched dial with moon, matted dial centre. Large ringed winding holes may have been altered as are off-centre; enormous date aperture, applied seconds ring in centre; head and foliage spandrels.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train, arched dial with moon, engraved and silvered centre, seconds on higher part of dial and date dial engraved on lower; moons age engraved on arch; Rococo spandrels. Hemispheres: maps.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train arched with moon, engraved and matted centre, ringed winding holes, square date aperture, applied silvered seconds ring on dial centre, maps on hemispheres, head with foliage spandrels.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train originally, third train added later. Arched dial with moon, matted and engraved centre, round-ended date aperture, separate solid seconds circle, maps on hemispheres, head and foliage spandrels, name on separate silvered piece in breakarch. This clock has been heavily improved probably in Victorian times when third train and gong were added. Frances Tennant repaired mechanism and cleaned up moon dial, main dial unrestored.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train arched dial with moon, engraved and silvered centre with centre date on dial centre, engraving of fanciful dragon head (Scots style), petals around winding holes, Rococo spandrels. Hemispheres: maps.
Moons age engraved on moon dial. Moon faces: nice, dark sky with silvered stars.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train, silvered and engraved dial centre, small scale acanthus leaf, some small flowers; seconds with small compass rose engraved on dial centre, interim markings, square date aperture, minute band; head and open foliage spandrels (same as 1351 but better); moon painted centre, engraved numerals. Engraving in hemispheres, name on applied piece in arch; same semicircular cutouts to arch inner edge (see also 1351).
Main dial: eight-day, two-train, matted and engraved centre, heavy foliage, interim markings, inside chapter ring markings, minute band, hole cut in dial for seconds disk; square decorated date aperture, name on applied piece in arch, large head and foliage spandrels. Moon painted centre with comet, engraved edge.
Repaired dial and mechanism as a gift to Wrexham Heritage Centre. Main dial: eight-day, two-train arched dial with moon, matted centre, ringed winding holes, round-ended date aperture with engraving and pointer, solid separate seconds dial, interim markings, Chevron engraving on dial plate, "Time Showes the Way of Lifes Decay" on breakarch, silvered edge to moon with engraving, four-seasons spandrels. Hemispheres: funny faces.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train arched dial with moon, matted and heavily engraved centre; ringed and decorated winding holes (sun and bird in decorations), square decorated date aperture, separate seconds ring, compass rose engraving on dial centre (wheat ear engraving) edge of dial plate interim markings, inner chapter ring markings, minute band not too large; urn spandrels. Engraved and silvered moon including faces, decorated arch. Hemispheres: decorated.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train arched with moon, centre painting. Applied chapter ring, square date aperture, head and foliage spandrels; maps in hemispheres. This dial had had the centre mistakenly painted in acrylic, because the original oil painting was lost. Dial plate could have been soaked in chemicals, nothing left of it, so new scene had to be made up following the style of the moon.