Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 9 no. 6 (October 1974), pp. 22–27.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 16 no. 3 (July/August 1984), p. 77.
Original article from The Connoisseur (April 1935), pp. 213–217.
Original article from The Antique Collector (August 1955), pp. 165–171.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 17 no. 3 (July/August 1982), p. 7.
Original article from Endeavour no. 100, vol. 27 (January 1968), p. 2.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (February 1973), pp. 55–58. Also includes issue cover.
Original article from Country Life (26 May 1988), p. 214.
The subseries contains articles written by authors with surnames beginning with "Z".
This collection comprises horological papers collected by Dr Alan Shenton and his wife Rita Shenton. It contains mostly printed material, such as books, journals, catalogues, brochures, advertisements, photographs and collectibles, but some original research notes and correspondence are also present.
Sin títuloTwo original issues, containing articles on sundials, poetry in watches, and horology-related advertisements.
Includes "A forgotten Norfolk clockmaker", an article about John Oldfield by Peter Bolton (p. 418).
Photocopies of excerpts from the Mechanics Magazine vols. 11–58.
Bound photocopies of articles published in English Mechanic and Mirror of Science.
Bound photocopies of articles published in English Mechanic and World of Science.
Bound photocopy of articles originally published in Le Génie Civil (Paris, 1910).
Original extract of an article published in the Proceedings of The Physical Society of London vol. 29 part 2 (February 1917). File also includes revised proof and related correspondence
Bound extracts from vol. 47 of Horological Journal (1955), copy of Ilbert Collection Commemorative Issue of Antiquarian Horology vol. 2 (December 1958), British Museum's leaflet titled The Ilbert Collection: the exhibition of clocks and watches in Edward VII Gallery and the Ilbert students room (1966) and a draft description and plan of the new gallery of clocks and watches.
Published in NAWCC Bulletin vol. 9 no. 11.
Copy of an article published in The Illustrated London News.
Bound copy of an article published in La Clessidra. With translation and review by Charles K. Aked.
File of loose cuttings and pages from illustrated magazines, journals, bulletins and auction catalogues. Includes photographs.
Photocopy of alphabetical name index, giving also year and locality, from an unknown publication. Also contains five photographs and postcards of clocks from Wiltshire and Westmorland.
Original pages extracted from The Horological Journal (1910-26) and photocopy from The Jeweller and Metalworker (1894). Also includes notes about Watch and Clock Makers' Pension Society and the Clockmakers' Company (1910) and statistics for exports of clocks and watches in 1926.
Also includes copy of the obituary of Dr Jacob Kienzle (1935), one photograph and related correspondence.
Portfolio of small and large electric and electronic clocks produced in Germany, published in 1973 by Verband der Deutschen Uhrerindustrie (VDU). Also includes three photographs of electric watches and a circular from VDU, in English, about "watch fashions autumn and winter 1981/82".
Also includes press release regarding sale of Important Clocks and Watches (n.d.).
Eight pages. Includes information about a silver pair-cased watch from 1789 and three pedometers.
Special issue about watches and their sales, two copies.
Bound copies of extracts from Horological Journal.
Includes copy of "Timekeepers of character", an article about the collection by George Worswick, published in Country Life in January 1978.
Gives fair dates for 2000.
Handwritten, with diagrams.
With synopsis and chapter titles.
Typescript with photographs.
Seven cards. Purchased in 1988 from L. M. C. Nierynck, the Netherlands.
41 postcards, mostly blank, some with greetings addressed to Rita Shenton and E. J. Tyler. Also includes one colour slide of Overdrawn at the Bank, a painting by Charles Spencelayh.
15 blank postcards showing watches and clocks from the collection, as well as the museum and the town. Includes a set of six transparency slides .
Description and photograph of a reproduction of a mediaeval monastic clock, made by Anthony Fox of Clerkenwell, London, in memory of Colonel Antonio Simoni of Bologna.
11 colour photographs, individually labelled. Exhibition organised by David Day.
Makers' surnames include: B[...], Babbington, Bachan, Bacharn, Bachofen, Backhouse, Bacon, Bacot, Baddin, Baddy, Badger, Badiley, Bagley, Bagyer, Baily, Bailey, Baley, Baillon, Baker, Balcher, Baldwin, Bale, Baley, Balie, Ball, Ballard, Balleure, Bamber, Bamford, Banks, Banister, Banner, Bannister, Banson, Banton.
Makers' surnames include: Beake, Beale, Beard, Beasley, Beate, Beaucamp, Beauchamp, Beauvais, Beavis, Bebley, Beccles, Bechoe, Beck, Beckett, Beckford, Beckman, Bedford, Beding, Beecham, Been, Beet, Beets, Behoe, Beighton, Belew, Belfield, Bell, Bellamy, Bellard, Bellette, Belling, Bellis, Bellwood, Bemish, Benban, Benbrick, Bence, Bendall, Benge, Benn, Bennet, Bennett, Benning, Benson, Bentley, Benton, Benyon, Berge, Bergeau, Berkeley, Bernard, Bernarde, Berridge, Berrington, Berry, Bertram, Beson, Best, Beste, Bethell, Betteridge, Betterton, Betts, Beverly, Bewley, Beyman.
Makers' surnames include: Biaudet, Biddle, Biddeston, Bidlake, Biggs, Bighten, Bill, Bille, Billinghurst, Bing, Bingley, Binks, Birchall, Bird, Birdsell, Birdwhistle, Birkhead, Birley, Birmingham, Bishop, Bishot, Bizot, Blackbrow, Blackborough, Blackborow, Blackburn, Blackbourne, Blackman, Blackmore, Blake, Blakescrum, Blakesly, Blakey, Blanchard, Bland, Blosterly, Blowers, Bludwick, Blundell, Blunt, Bly.
Makers' surnames include: Eagle, Earnshaw, East, Eastland, Eastwood, Eayres, Ebands, Eboral, Eborall, Ebsworth, Eccles, Eckert, Eckhert, Edey, Edgcomb, Edlin, Edlyne, Edmunds, Edwards, Edwin, Eggleton, Eichstedt, Elkins, Ellard, Elliot, Elliott, Ellis, Ellison, Ellott, Ellwood, Ellworthy, Elmson, Ely, Elys.
Makers' surnames include: P. G., Richard G[...], Gaab, Gadsdon, Gainsborough, Gaite, Gakeman, Galabin, Galileo, Galindo, Gallant, Gallois, Galloway, Gambier, Gammon, Ganeron, Ganeroon, Garden, Gardiner, Gardner, Garfoot, Garner, Garnett, Garon, Gharon, Garrard, Garret, Garstin, Garth, Gascoine, Gascoyne, Gatward, Gaudin, Gaugain, Gautier, Gawthorne, Gazuet, Geary, George, Gerbe, Gernier, Gerrard, Gervais, Gib, Gibbard, Gibbons, Gibbs, Gibson, Gilbert, Giles, Gill, Gilpin, Gimblett, Ginn, Girle, Girod, Giroust.
Makers' surnames include: Harbert, Herbert, Harbin, Hardin, Harding, Harden, Ardin [sic], Hardwick, Hare, Hart, Hargreaves [?], Harley, Harlin, Harman, Harlin, Harmer, Harpur, Harper, Harpur, Harrington, Harris, Harrison, Harrol, Harrold, Hart, Hartley, Hartly, Harvey, Haselwood, Haslewood, Haslop, Hassenius, Hathaway, Hatton, Hauton, Haughton, Hauksbee, Hawkins, Hawthorn, Hawthing, Haydon, Hayes, Hays, Hayler, Hayly, Haynes, Hayton, Hayward, Hazard, Hazlewood.
Makers' surnames include: Heardman, Hearn, Heath, Hebb, Hebert, Heckel, Heeley, Heigel, Heinrici, Helmes, Helot, Heming, Hemming, Hemmsings, Henderson, Henrison, Henery, Henry, Henshaw, Henson, Herald, Herbert, Herdman, Herloin, Herlot, Herring, Herriot, Herve, Hes, Heskin, Hester, Hewer, Hewitt, Hewlett, Heyden, Heyman, Heyter, Hibbert, Hiccox, Hickman, Hicks, Hide, Higgins, Higginson, Higgnett, Higgs, Higgs & Evans, Higsby, Hildebrand, Hill, Hills, Hilliard, Hillier, Henley, Hindley, Hindmore, Hine, Hineham, Hitchin, Hitchins, Hitchings, Hitchman.
Makers' surnames include: Ilbery, Ingleby, Ingram, Inkinson, Inkingson, Innis, Ion, Isaacson, Israel, Israels, Istead, Ives, Ivy, Jack, Jackman, Jackeman, Jakeman, Jackson, Jacob, Jacobs, James, Jamison, Jaques, Jardin, Jarrett, Jarratt, Jarvis, Gervis, Jay, Jeffery, Jeffryes, Jefferies, Jefferies & Jones, Jefferys, Jeffs, Jekyll, Jemson, Jenkins, Jenkinson, Jenner, Jennings, Jenins, Jensen, Jernegan, Jersey, Jervis.
Makers' surnames include: K. J., Keck, Kedden, Keeley, Kefford, Kehloff, Kelham, Kilham, Kellum, Kellway, Kelly, Kelsall, Kemp, Kempton, Kendall, Kendell, Kendrick, Kent, Kentish, Kerfoot, Ketcherside, Keton, Key, Kilby, Killingburgh, Kilman, Kilmister, Killminster, King, Kingsman, Kingston, Kinner, Kipling, Kirby, Kirk & Pigot, Kirkpatrick, Kirton, Kitchen, Klett, Knibb, Knight, Knodnott, Knottesford, Knotsford, Knox, Kohorn, Kover, Krenckel & Perrola, Kulibi.
Makers' surnames include: Meakins, Meares, Measure, Medcalf, Medley, Meelech, Meers, Meigh, Melvill, Menitrier, Mercer, Merchant, Mercier, Meredith, Merigcot, Meroes, Merrett, Merriman, Merryman, Merry, Metcalfe, Metham, Meunier, Michell [Mitchell], Micklewright, Middleton, Miege, Milbourn, Milbourne, Mylbourn, Mylbourne, Miles, Miller, Millington, Million, Millis, Mills, Milner, Minchall, Minchener, Minchiner, Minshull, Minton, Mintern, Minten, Miroir, Mitchel, Mitchell, Mitchelson, Mitchnell.
Makers' surnames include: Naas, Napier, Naish, Nash, Natson [Watson?], Nau, Nauta, Naylor, Neal, Neale, Neath, Neaton, Neau, Nelmes / Elmes, Nelson, Nethercott, Neave, Neaves, Neve, Nevill, Neville, Craig & Neville, Newbolt, Newborough, Newcomb, Newell, Newham, Newman, Newsam, Newson, Newton, Nicasius, Nicholl, Nicholls, Nichols, Nieuwenhof, Nightingale, Nitinglass, Noah, Noakes, Noble, Noel, Norcot, Norcott, Noman, Norman, Norris, Norsworthy, North, Northcote, Norton, Noyer, Noyes, Nufingter, Nunkorn [?].
Makers' surnames include: J. P., John P[...], W. P., Packe, Padbury, Page, Paget, Paillet, Pailatt, Pain, Pallplat, Palmer, Pampillon, Pank, Pantin, Pape, Papillon, Paradise, Parbury, Pard, Pardoe, Parker, Parkes, Parks, Parkes & King, Parkinson & Frodsham, Parquot, Perquit, Parr, Parratt, Parsons, Partin, Parton, Partridge, Paterson, Patterson, Patrick, Pattison, Paul, Paulet, Paulson, Pauseau, Pay, Payne.
Makers' surnames include: Stacey, Stafford & Briscoe, Stafford, Stamp, Stamper, Stanch, Stang, Stanhope, Stanley, Stansbury, Stanton, Stapleton, Staynor, Stead, Stebbing, Stede, Stedman, Steed, Steel, Steel & Co., Steele, Sterck, Stevens, Stephens, Sterrop, Stevenson, Stephenson, Stiles, Still, Stil, Stillings, Stilton, Stimson, Stock, Stockar, Stockdale, Stockton, Stokes, Stone, Stopes, Storr, Storer, Storey, Story, Strahan, Stratton, Street, Streight, Strek, Strelly, Stretch, Strigel, Strigner, Stroud, Stuard, Stumbels, Sturges, Sturgis, Stiles, Stile, Style, Styles, Sugar, Sully, Summerson, Summerset, Somerset, Sumner, Sumpter, Sunley, Suster, Sutton, Swan, Swayne, Swithen, Symonds, Symons.
Makers' surnames include: To[...], Todd, Tolson, Tollison [?], Tombs, Tomkin, Tomkins, Tomlin, Tomlinson, Tompion, Tomson, Ton, Topping, Torado, Torboch, Torin, Torrop, Tortore, Toulmin, Towler, Towne, Townele, Townsend, Tracy, Travis, Tree [?], Trebor, Tregent, Tregidgeon, Trenholm, Trent, Trestam, Tribe, Trigge, Triggs, Trinall, Trippett, Trosillon, Trossy, Trout, Trowe, Trubshaw, Trusted, Tucker, Tuckey, Tudman, Turner, Turquand, Tuttell, Tyler.
Makers' surnames include: Wogden, Wolfull, Wolverstone, Wolverton, Wood, Woodham, Woodhouse, Woodland, Woodman, Woods, Woodward, Woodard, Woolhead, Woollerton, Wootton, Worley, Wornell, Worsfold, Worswick, Worthey, Worthington, Wrench, Wrigglesworth, Wright, Wright & Sellon, Wroth, Wych, Wich, Wyld, Wylder, Wyllie, Wynell, Wynn, Wynne, Wyth.
Also includes a few pages of lantern clocks and general articles on longcase clocks and lacquer.
Makers' surnames include: Irland, Ireland, Irving, Ismay.
Makers' surnames include: Jackeman, Jackman, Jackson, Jacob, Jacques, James, Jarrat, Jarratt, Jeffreys, Jenkins, Jerman, Jersey, Jercelin, Jobson, Johnson, Jones, Jordain / Jourdain / Jourdian, Joyce.
Makers' surnames include: Kefford, Kember, Kening, Kent, Kenton, King, Kipling, Kirk, Kirkpatrick, Knifton, Knottesford, Knowles.
Makers' surnames include: Macham, Maggs, Mallet / Mallett, Manley, Margetts, Markham, Markwick, Marsh, Marshall, Martin, Martineau, Mason, Massam, Massey, Massy, Matham, Matthew, May, Mayhew, McCabe, Meredith, Mariton, Meriman, Merryman, Michel, Miller, Molyneux, Moncrief, Monkhouse, Moore, Mory, Morgan, Morland, Muddle, Mudge, Mundey, Murdock, Murphy.
Makers' surnames include: Abchurch, Addis, Aldworth, Allam, Allin, Antram, Appley, Archambo, Arnold, Aspinall, Asselin, Audouin, Austen.
Makers' surnames include: King, Kipling, Kirk, Knight, Knottesford.
Makers' surnames include: Tawney, Taylor, Templer, Thornton, Thorp, Threlkeld, Thuret, Tomkins, Tomlinson, Toppin, Toulmin, Tregent, Trewinnard, Trubshaw, Turnball, Turner, Tyler.
This series contains files of correspondence and cutouts from catalogues, newspapers, journals and other publications, relating to the work of individual clockmakers and engravers.
Includes correspondence, photocopies of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century newspaper extracts, newspaper articles, cutouts of catalogue listings, photographs, notes, and a transcript of Gretton's accounts of 1694.
Includes Joseph Knibb's biography, photocopies of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century newspaper extracts, and cutouts and printouts of catalogue listings.
Includes correspondence, cutouts and photocopies of catalogue listings, journal articles, draft articles, photographs and notes.
Includes correspondence, photocopies of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century newspaper extracts, photocopies of journal, dictionary and draft articles, photographs and notes.
Includes correspondence, photocopies of eighteenth-century newspaper extracts, photocopies of journal articles, newspaper articles, cutouts and photocopies of catalogue listings, photographs and notes.
Makers' surnames include: Cattell, Chambers, Constantin, Constantine, Cooley, Cotsworth, Creed, Crouch, Cuff. The file contains correspondence, photocopies of eighteenth-century newspaper extracts, cutouts and photocopies of catalogue listings, photographs and notes.
This collection comprises research papers, ephemera, original material, digital files, catalogues and images gathered and created by Alan Treherne in the course of his long-term research into the families and inventions of Peter Stubs and Edward Massey. It also contains cards indexes relating to Alan’s research into clockmakers, watchmakers and workers in allied trades and industries in Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and nearby locations. The records date mostly from the twentieth and early twenty-first century, but also contain photocopies of earlier material.
Sin títuloA fine, one-piece dial, Vienna regulator with timepiece movement of one month duration.
An exceptionally fine and small mahogany bell top bracket clock with arched brass dial and verge escapement.
A green lacquer longcase with caddy top and arched brass dial of most unusual design and incorporating an automata half-hour strike.
A fine quality, two-train skeleton clock in the Lichfield Cathedral style by these noted makers.
A fine and unusually large Victorian, quarter striking lantern clock.
A fine carriage clock by this celebrated maker, with grande sonnerie striking and contained in an engraved gorge case.
A fine and small, ebony veneered bracket clock with verge escapement, pull quarters on four bells and pierced, baster top case
A good, early nineteenth-century English Dial with 12-inch, engraved brass dial.
A fine carriage clock in an engraved gorge case with subsidiary dials for alarm and day of the month and petite sonnerie strike on bells.
A mahogany bow-front stick barometer by this celebrated maker.
140 pages. Topics include: early clocks, pendulum springs, pendulum regulation, compensation of pendulums, heaviest pendulums, wooden rods, mercurial compensation, half-dead escapement, pin wheel escapement, pin pallets, the four-legged escapement, the double three-legged escapement, electrical clocks, tell-tale clocks, church / turret clocks, etc. With diagrams.
120 pages. Topics include: bells, composition of bell metal, tolling levers, bell ropes, Ellacombe's chiming hammers, stays and sliders,gudgeons, iron stocks and frames, clappering, bell towers, etc. With diagrams.
Unnumbered and unpaginated. Topics include turret striking movements, g.f. clock trains, church clock dials and hands, prices of turret repairs, etc. Also includes loose notes on related topics. With diagrams.
Gives customer's name, type of clock, work carried out, price, and in a few cases date. Also includes loose notes.
Includes copy of Malcolm Gardner (Charles Allix) article on the sale of a collection of 16 quarter repeater watches published in Antiquarian Horology September 1976; lists of Graham's repeater watches, and correspondence mainly with Thomas Cox, Florida, USA, regarding their sales; copy extract from "The Astronomical Clocks at Greenwich" (1975), an article by Howse mentioning Graham 1 and Graham 2 clocks; copies of articles on George Graham's life and work, including by Jeremy Evans (1995) and C. Doris Hellman (1931); a handwritten extract from Graham's 1726 article for Watchmaker; and photocopies of sale catalogues showing Graham clocks.
Henry Hindley (1701–71) was a clockmaker and inventor based in York. File includes correspondence with Charles Taylor; copy page from Sotheby's sales catalogue (2002) listing a clockmaker's sector by Hindley; a newspaper advertisement and description of a mahogany clock from the workshops of H. Hindley, annotated "certainly not"; and 17 colour photographs of the clock provided by the seller, Northern Clocks.
Courtenay Adrian Ilbert (1888–1956) was a civil engineer and watch and clock collector; his collection was eventually acquired by the British Museum. File includes Charles Allix's correspondence with C.A. Ilbert; Malcolm Gardner's correspondence with solicitors regarding the estate of the late C.A. Ilbert and the valuation of his horological collection of clocks and books; lists of clocks, etc.