Main dial: gold-bordered baskets of flowers corners.
Main dial: anchor and rise corners; honeysuckle centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: shell corners with sgraffito band, gilded gesso band. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: cream-toned, bluebirds and apple blossom corners, framed in flat gold; moss rose in gold vase top centre. Very pretty dial.
Main dial: auriculas, short squared aperture with wheel dial, no teeth.
Main dial: ranunculus and anemone corners, rose framing.
Main dial: shells and grapes band corners; basket of flowers centre.
Main dial: fern or seaweed corners in gold. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: shells in L-shaped pink corner frame.
Main dial: urns with gold corners.
Main dial: bitty corners, Romantic cottage above centre with figure.
Main dial: bitty corner-type flowers with gold, one flower in dial centre.
Main dial: greenish background corners, floppy flowers red border in corners.
Main dial: shell and seaweed in arch, green background to corners, vase of flowers containing auriculas; dial top centre.
Main dial: windmills corners, tulips centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: simple yellow, red single flower with gold dots around and rosebuds either side.
Main dial: L-shaped corners, gold flowers, two roses dial centre. Heavy-style artwork.
Main dial: floral corners, framed gesso-pattern bronze border; bird on branch centre.
Main dial: dated plate (1822); gold roses corners.
Main dial: gold and black whirligig corners; gold, silver and copper paint.
Main dial: rose and tulips corners with outside pink framing, two long-tailed birds centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: well-painted four-seasons boys corners.
Main dial: blue/grey geometric corners with some gold, fat bird.
Main dial: well-painted four-seasons corners, honeysuckle centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: gold basket with roses corners.
Main dial: gold shells with seaweed L-shaped border. False plate: three long feet.
Main dial: heavy pink roses in circle; deep rose and blue filling in corners; gold leaf branches at side of date aperture.
Main dial: off-white, geometric flower and two daffodils in bitty corners; cottage dial centre.
An exceptionally rare mahogany banjo or teardrop weight-driven wall clock with engraved and silvered dial.
A very fine and small hooded wall clock in a mahogany case and with arched brass dial, weight-driven verge movement and hour strike.
A very fine and small hooded wall clock in a mahogany case and with arched brass dial, weight-driven verge movement and hour strike.
A fine wall clock with wood dial by these well-known makers; dated 1816/1817.
A fine and exceedingly rare mahogany 2banjo" or "teardrop" weight-driven timepiece.
An exceptionally finely proportioned and very rare mahogany tear-drop wall timepiece.
A good, small hanging wall clock with verge, timepiece movement and alarm.
A fine verge wall clock with 14-inch engraved brass dial.
[An unusual clock in a painted porcelain case.]
This collection comprises Dr Ward's correspondence, reports, lecture notes as well as printed material and photographs. They mostly document various horological tours and exhibitions organised by him, and his cataloguing and consulting work.
Ward, FrankOriginal article from Antique Collecting, vol. 8 no. 11 (March 1974), pp. 33–35.
Original articles about Tony Clements and novel clocks from Cambridge Evening News: The Magazine (26 October 2002), pp. 11–13. Includes issue cover.
Includes note on sources and abbreviations. Names include Nicholas Kratzer, Anthony Crasillon, Sebastian (Bastian) Lesseney (Lesney / Le Sene) , Nicholas Urseau, Peter Dellamere, Bartholomew Newsam, Randolph Bull and others.
Names include David Ramsay, William Partridge, Edward East, Thomas Tompion and others.
Names include mainly Thomas Herbert, but also Mansell Bennett, Thomas Tompion and Joseph Antram.
Names include Thomas Herbert, Joseph Autram, Richard Vick, Francis Robinson, Thomas Cartwright, Benjamin Gray, George Lindsay, John Ellicot, Benjamin Vulliamy, and Thomas Mudge. Includes a few pages at back on earlier sources.
Includes Ray-o-Vac, Duracell, Seiko, Renata, Exide, etc. Most undated. Includes an article from an unidentified publication, in French and English, on watch batteries, no. 403 of Southern Watch and Clock Supplies Ltd News, and a photocopy of the United States Patent Office patent for alkaline dry cell (1951).
Original article from Discovering Antiques (1971), p. 6. Also includes "Day to day care of antique furniture" by Dennis Young, pp. 4–5.
Original article about watch-stands from Homes and Gardens (May 1987), pp. 98–101.
Originally untitled, this file contains correspondence, photographs, postcards, notes, catalogue extracts etc. mainly relating to various clocks and watches and their sales. Includes: Delander watch no. 298; a spring balance clock and alarm in a solid rosewood case delivered to the Duke of Leinster in 1826; month–going longcase clock by David Lestourgeon; striking bracket clock by Edward East; Tompion longcase clock.
Original articles from Antique Collecting, vol. 9 no. 4 (April 1974), pp. 6 and 18–19.
Includes "The Accutron: the world's first electronic watch" (Horological Journal 1961), typescript of "The watch of to-morrow", list of the Horstmann collection of antique watches, and two photographs.
Original article from Antique Collector (October 1969), pp. 210–215.
Original article about watch development in fashion, from the "Shopping" section of The Times (5 November 1988).
Original article from La Suisse Horlogère (April 1958), pp. 53–60.
Original article from La Suisse Horlogère (October 1952), no pagination.
Original article from Knowledge (5 June 1885), pp. 480–481, 498–500, 522–523.
Photocopy of a section of the "Industries" chapter of A History of the County of Lancaster, ed. By William Farrer and J. Brownbill (The Victoria History of the Counties of England series, 1908), pp. 366–367.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (January 1948), p. 20.
Includes typewritten and printed versions of an article on "The Wells Clock" and six photographic postcards.
Original article about longcase clocks from Antique Collecting (December 1995/January 1996), p. 12.
Copy of an article published in The Illustrated London News.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (June 1970), pp. 108–111.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (February 1967), pp. 65–66.
Printed. Lot 115 in the auction of fine watches, clocks and scientific instruments on 4 October 1977.
Main dial: rose top, moss rose and vetch, no gesso, bold painting, all script, decorated date aperture. False plate: cast iron.
Images of dials made by Wilkes & Baker, Birmingham dial makers active c1810.
Main dial: baskets of flowers in rounds corners; two birds centre. False plate: cast iron.
Moon faces: quite round-eyed, red cheeked and red-nosed, quite cheerful. Moon scenes: ship at sea; wooden windmill on bluff.
Main dial: four seasons, boy with scythe in breakarch; not many seen. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: late-style minutes; amateurish watercolour flowers corners; uneven surface.
Main dial: off-white, watercolour-type roses, gold band.
Main dial: numbers in gold with black outline, blue chapter ring; roses in modified fan corners, green background; maps had to be replaced. False plate: sheet iron, stamped "Wilkes".
Main dial: lot of gold outlined in black, floral and scrolls; urn in breakarch with oval; kippered dial.
Moon faces: quite round-eyed, pink cheeks, small mouths, pleasant expressions. Moon scenes: ship at sea; large sheep on bank.
Main dial: rose and auricula corners with gold and green. False plate: steel feet, sheet iron.
Main dial: navy blue corners with pink and white roses; two ruins centre with funny gold crosses; bird under date aperture. False plate: cast iron, Wilkes & Son.
Main dial: pink shells with gold and leaves in corners; two birds centre. False plate: cast iron, Wilkes & Sons.
Main dial: gold shells outlined Prussian blue corners; large flowers breakarch, with hole in centre.
Original article from the 'Collectors Counsel' section of The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (September 1973), p. 119.
Main dial: small morning glory and roses corners. Moon scene: large ship at sea.
Main dial: small morning glory and roses corners. Hemispheres: whole-world map.
Main dial: small morning glory and roses corners. Hemispheres: whole-world map.
Main dial: blue-grey four-seasons ladies, gesso surround. Hemispheres: detailed maps with outside numbers. Named false plate.
Moon faces: round-eyed, tiny mouth, pink cheeks, red nose. Moon scenes: large ship at sea; lake with cottage, well painted. False plate: cast iron.
Moon faces: very serious. Moon scenes: small ship at sea; tower by lakeside. False plate: iron.
Images of dials made by William Finnemore, a Birmingham dial maker active in 1810s–1850s, and one image of a dial by Finnemore & Son.
Main dial: off-white, bright blue fan-shaped background to corners with red, white and yellow flowers, good Finnemore squiggles. Hemispheres: maps were completely gone. False plate: sheet iron.
Main dial: flowers corners with gold, two birds on flowers dial centre. Complete strip and repaint, breakarch all gone, repainted with my idea.
Main dial: cream background; gold ovals in corner with fat pink roses and lots of fine lines; garland lower centre, lead plug. Hemispheres: good maps. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: gold ovals with roses corners, large honeysuckle centre. Hemispheres: maps; North America on right, ecliptic below equator.
Main dial: off-white, pears in corners with gold band. Hemispheres: nice maps. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: off-white, pink roses and gold in corners. Hemispheres: North America on left, ecliptic below equator. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: anemone, morning glory and daffodil corners. Hemispheres: good maps, late type; North America on left, ecliptic below equator. False plate: four long feet.
Main dial: gold wheatsheaf, heavy L-shaped corners. Hemispheres: maps.
Main dial: gold flowers in corners. Hemispheres: maps.
Main dial: cream, roses corner. Hemispheres: very fine maps. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: gold flowers and peaches in corners. Hemispheres: maps. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: off-white, roses and orange daisies set in blue corners. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: off-white, roses, long-tailed birds, flowers centre. Hemispheres: castles. False plate: sheet iron.
Main dial: flowers corners with gold, two birds on flowers dial centre. Complete strip and repaint, breakarch all gone, repainted with my idea.