Main dial: cottages and old towers corners, bottom ones have bridge. Thin paint.
Moon dial with silvered edge; dark blue sky has starts and a comet.
Main dial: one-piece silvered dial.
Main dial: eight-day breakarch, three-train, greyed off-white background, no décor.
Main dial: shells and flowers; green background to morning glory corners; black ends to corner with white flowers. Good design.
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: cottages and church corners; cottages in breakarch. Quite well done.
Dates unsure as to which Barker this is. Corners four ages of love or life; motto "Time flys, pursue it Man" in breakarch. Moon looks 1800-style, Manchester-style maps in hemispheres.
Main dial: houses with ruins corners. Thin paint.
Main dial: four-seasons boys corners, colours bright, dial centre man on horse talking to woman. Maps in hemispheres. Nice dial.
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.
Main dial: gold cornucopias, roses and morning glories; funny long-necked bird centre.
Main dial: geometric corners with some gold; woman reading book in breakarch, church in distance.
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.
Very crude painting, only one moon face restored. Moon dial has tiny unpainted edge, thick metal.
Main dial: simple blue flowers with gold blue band corners; girl with basket of flowers in breakarch.
Main dial: roses, anemone, dianthus and morning glory dot gesso-framed corners; birds and roses centre, square-ended date aperture, gilded winding holes.
Main dial: dates unsure as to which Barker this is. Corners four ages of love, or life; motto "Timeflyes, pursue it man" in breakarch. Moon looks 1800 style, Manchester-style maps.
Moon faces: round-eyed, serious. Moon scenes: man and horses crossing bridge, yellowish clouds; house with two figures, blobby trees.
Main dial: four ages of man (four seasons) gesso-framed corners; painted centre, pink sky, shepherd and girl; centre date. Hemispheres: well-painted, hand-done maps, gold edged.
Main dial: centre date and centre seconds hand; well-painted religious corners and centre; flat gesso, angels in humps.
Main dial: lots of fancy gold; moon has date on dial; blue-faced moon.
Main dial: four-season ladies, plain background, gesso, flower centre.
Moon faces: stress-cracking moon, new one repaint, had been "restored" and damaged, very heavy.
Images of dials made by mostly unknown Manchester makers, and by members of the Foster family.
Moon faces: eyes rather close together, pursed mouth, pink nose. Moon scenes: ship at sea; red-roofed house, very pointed roof.
Good condition but heavy discoloured varnish. Moon faces: round, pop-eyed, wide set, very pink face. Moon scenes: very large ship at sea; stone mill with waterwheel and dead tree.
Main dial: gold and green floral corners with roses, red outside roses, gold ends; birds in centre. Hemispheres: maps. False plate: unmarked, cast iron.
Main dial: roses on green background with some red and gold in corners; breakarch scene with little girl in red.
Main dial: pretty lady type, eight-day breakarch moon, sketchily painted four-seasons corners. Hemispheres: maps.
Main dial: pretty lady type, four-seasons corners, gold edges, cut-off maps, four long feet, thin iron moon. Hemispheres: maps cut off, USA on the left, ecliptic below equator.
Main dial: fan corners, small rose-coloured fans; two prizefighters, fights both in c.1811: John Cribb, English, and John Robichaux, black American (Cribb won both).
Thin iron moon dial.
Main dial: gold corners with large roses, green ends; garland in centre; large bird in tree branch breakarch.
Main dial: another complete repaint, early 1840s watercolour-style flowers.
Main dial: red, green and gold corners with roses; maps. Brass moon dial had been left in outhouse and shot at. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: had been scrapped so I repainted it in Halifax style. Moon is original crude painting, unusual strong sky and clouds. Hemispheres: Halifax type, maps put on.
Main dial: Crystal Palace breakarch; gold background shells in corners. False plate: red back paint.
Moon faces: rather staring, round-eyed. Moon scenes: ship with heavy logs; windmill with standing figurine.
Iron moon dial. Moon faces: red faced moon. Moon scenes: ship at sea with castle on island; two cottages, two people and trees, cottages, very pointed roof.
Main dial: gold framing with green corners with auriculas. Hemispheres: outside latitudes, had completely gone.
Main dial: floral and shell corners with gold and green background; portraits in ovals and temple breakarch.
Main dial: floral corners, bright green background with red scrolling gold, with flowers in corners; green had crumbled. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: off-white, garland corners at bottom of dial, fully painted centre sign and 11 on back of dial (image 1845a). Hemispheres: maps identical to 1001.
Main dial: floral corners with gold leaf circles with roses and auriculas. Hemispheres: maps.
Moon faces: nice faces, painted in good shape. Moon scenes: ship; cottage.
Moon faces: slightly cross-eyed. Moon scenes: well-painted ships; cottage scene with lake and island.
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