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.
Main dial: slightly blue/grey, breakarch with bird in gesso oval, morning glory and pansy corners.
Main dial: no gesso, roses in all corners, two long-necked birds in centre, nasturtiums either side of name in breakarch, enclosed in oval.
Main dial: primrose.
Main dial: off-white, oval breakarch has three bears fishing scene with gesso at side, ranunculus and morning glories and blue anemones gesso corners.
Moon faces: slightly pop-eyed. Moon scenes: boy shooting in winter landscape; ship on fire at sea.
Moon faces: pensive. Moon scenes: ship at sea regular waves; cottage with standing figure and thin leaning tree.
Moon faces: same as Bubwith.
Moon faces: pleasant. Moon scenes: ship at sea; girl with wings on her feet, holding flowers.
Moon faces: round-eyed, slightly 'pop'. Moon scenes: landscape done by breakarch painter of dial 1526; very rare St Luke on other side.
Moon faces: slightly pop-eyed. Moon scenes: landscape and ship at sea (moon had been repainted or 'touched up' because of paint loss; paint too thick).
Moon faces: pale, slightly squinty-faced. Moon scenes: cottage on mill with two figures; good ship at sea with very white sails and blue and white pennant.
Moon faces: squinty eyes. Moon scenes: landscape; ship at sea, very slanting waves.
Moon faces: slightly pop-eyed, one with eyes very close together. Moon scenes: ship at anchor by rocky cove; curious volcano-like structure with tree.
Moon faces: squinty eyes. Moon scenes: stars and moon on dark blue sky (usually seen on early dials), figure of landlady of Swan Inn presenting long bill (probably a joke?).
Moon faces: pleasant, pursed mouth. Moon scenes: cottage and tree; ship with sails.
Main dial: blue/grey, gold band, four seasons, long faces. Hemispheres: good maps (original but dirty).
Moon faces: pleasant. Moon scenes: ship with rigid waves; brown cottage and lake.
Moon faces: round, dark-eyed, pink cheeks, slightly worried look. Moon scenes: large ship at sea, side view; cottage in background .
Moon faces: pop-eyed. Moon scenes: land scene and battle at sea (cut in half by clockmaker and pinned on to main dial; other half?).
Moon faces: pop-eyed. Moon scenes: landscape with two standing figures; ship on fire at sea (another example of the pop-eyed moon artist looking at death and destruction at sea).
Moon faces: squinty eyes. Moon scenes: landscape with figures, unusual angel with trumpet on medium blue sky.
Main dial: blue/grey, all transfer print, breakarch with crowing cockerel in oval, elaborate swags, two profiles lower down of Plato and Socrates? (see 1069 and 1076).
Main dial: blue/grey, carnations and honeysuckle corners, auricula in breakarch with springs.
Main dial: miniature of Nelson, breakarch with gold flag and lion (battle of the Nile?), gold flag, drum and flag corners in gold band.
Main dial: gesso corners, maritime scene in arch, decorated date grommets.
Main dial: grey/blue, all transfer print decoration, breakarch identical to dial 616 (Wilson square). Made for Thomas Gammon of Hereford 1774–1786.
Main dial: gesso corners with coloured ovals, fine painted hunting scene in breakarch, framed with gesso, gilded winding holes.
Main dial: gesso corners with coloured ovals, fine painted hunting scene in breakarch, framed with gesso, gilded winding holes.
Main dial: gesso corners with coloured ovals, fine painted hunting scene in breakarch, framed with gesso, gilded winding holes.
Main dial: gesso corners with coloured ovals, fine painted hunting scene in breakarch, framed with gesso, gilded winding holes.
Main dial: roses with touches of gold corners, gesso-framed pink decorated swags around winding holes, garlands under date, fully painted scene.
Main dial: roses with touches of gold corners, gesso-framed pink decorated swags around winding holes, garlands under date, fully painted scene.
Main dial: diamond, gilded gesso in corners, scene gesso, framed farm scene in breakarch, curved date aperture, grommets in winding holes.
Main dial: blue/grey, unusual transfer around name with birds.
Main dial: blue/grey, thick-necked long-tailed birds centre.
Main dial: blue/grey, long-tailed bird in centre.
Main dial: blue/grey, auriculas corner and rosy blue florets (Thomas Gaskell).
Main dial: blue/grey, corners gesso oval with dots surrounding blue pink and red flowers, oval gesso acanthus also in corners, nigella and palm leaf centre.
Main dial: blue/grey, bunches of auriculas corners, no gesso.
Main dial: blue/grey, roses in corners, no gesso.
Main dial: off-white, blue/grey, rosebuds and ranunculus, blue small flowers corners.
Main dial: blue/grey, off-white, ranunculus and carnation, seconds area and rose painted on, no gesso.
Main dial: off-white, fan and oval corners, very bright bird in reeds in centre.
Main dial: blue-toned roses in corners, framed with dot gesso.
Main dial: off-white, brilliant Christmas cracker decoration in corners, some gold leaf (see slide 850, also a suspect repaint, Wilson has the same bright colouring).
Main dial: blue/grey, strawberries and primulas in corners, gesso framing.
Main dial: blue/grey, anemones and strawberry corners, long-necked birds in centre and no gesso.
Main dial: blue/grey, whitish, gesso corners and long-necked birds in centre.
Main dial: pale blue/grey, ovals in blue corners with gesso scrolling, orange red roses in centre.
Main dial: blue/grey, blue-toned roses.
Main dial: off-white birds in corners, gesso-framed birds in centre (but none are the earlier type of long-necked birds).
Main dial: gold shells in corners with framing, thin dial plate.
Main dial: blue/grey, anemone and roses corners, bird centre with flowers.
This collection comprises Philip Thornton’s reports, notes, sketches and tracings which document the repairs and restorations of mainly bracket clocks, carried out by him primarily in the 1930s and 1940s, with a few later instances. Most papers record the date of restoration and the name of the client. The files vary in size and content from single pieces of scrap paper to more comprehensive bundles containing condition reports and detailed large-format drawings. Many of the papers are in very fragile condition.
Thornton, PhilipOriginal article about the Ilbert Collection from Country Life (28 August 1958), pp. 404–405.
Original article from Old Furniture, vol. 19 (Decemeber 1928), pp. 231–235.
Original article from an unidentified publication, pp. 240–248.
Original article from Antique Collecting (February 1992), pp. 24–26.
Photocopy of an article from New Scientist (10 February 1996), p. 45. Also includes "The decimal time system" chart.
Original articles from Antique Collecting, vol. 27 no. 7 (December 1989), p. 26.
Special issue about watches and their sales, two copies.
Original article from The Meccano Magazine, vol. 44 no. 1 (December 1959), pp. 560–561.
Photocopy of an article from Antiques Bulletin issue 586 (28 January–3 February 1995), pp. 10–11.
Original article about tavern clocks, better known as Acts of Parliament clocks, from Art & Antiques Weekly (3 February 1973), pp. 28–30. Also includes issue cover.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (February 1956), pp. 23–25.
Original article from the Collecting section of The Sunday Times Magazine (1 October 1989).
Original article about the history of French clocks from Discovering Antiques no. 28 (n.d.), pp. 664–667.
Original article from Art & Antiques (16 September 1982), pp. 19–22.
Original article about clocks at Zaanse Schans museum from Holland Herald, vol. 12 no. 2 (1977), pp. 33–35.
Gives fair dates for 2000.
Two copies of an original article about price rises of antique clocks from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (September 1979), p. 88.
Features timepieces by Piaget, Franck Mueller, Alain Silberstein, Vacheron Constantin, Breguet, Audemars Piguet, Judith Leiber and Blancpain.
Large folder of booklets, articles, circulars, notes, photographs, transparency slides and related correspondence.
Large folder of booklets, articles, circulars, notes, photographs and related correspondence.
Original article from Art & Antiques (16 October 1976), pp. 24–26.
Original article about carriage clocks from Art and Antiques (21 September and 1 October 1981), pp. 22–24.
Original article about Act-of-Parliament clocks, from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (April 1975), pp. 87–89.
Loose copy of an article published in two parts in Wireless World.
Original article about the decoration of early watches from Country Life (5 December 1991), pp. 86–87. Includes issue cover.
Original article from Country Life (26 January 1978), pp. 199–201.
Original article about the Habsburg auction of Breguet watches, from The Antique Collector (April 1991), pp. 26–31.
Original article about French clocks from Art & Antiques (20 October 1973), pp. 14–17.
Includes related correspondence.
With multilingual introduction.
2007 reprint of 2002 edition.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 23 no. 7 (December 1988), p. 50.
Includes correspondence with the Science Museum and other institutions and individuals; copies of the article on "Some Notes on the History of Machine Watchmaking" by Prof. D.S. Torrens (1947); extracts from sales catalogues; notes and correspondence relating to clockmaking tools, and photographs.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (November 1978), pp. 66–69.
Contains annotated tracing.
Original article from La Suisse Horlogère (April 1955), pp. 63–68.