Original volume, 445 pages. Full title: Transactions of the Society instituted at London for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce (London). Includes chapters on: Premiums offered in 1799, Papers in agriculture, Papers in polite arts, Papers in Mechanicks, Paper in colonies and trade, Rewards bestowed, Presents received, Catalogue of models and machines, List of officers, List of members, and Index.
Handwritten, made by Eileen Bunt. The original book was donated to Guildhall Library on the death of its owner and is held there under ref. CLC/B/227/MS23726/001.
This series comprises notes and transcripts of fourteenth to eighteenth-century sources relating to clockmaking and watchmaking.
John Travers (1849–1937) was a marine chronometer escapement maker based in Ramsgate. File includes Travers' original correspondence; press cuttings relating to the Travers family; John Travers' obituary published in The Horological Journal (1938); notes and correspondence relating to his chronometer-fusee engine, and photographs.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (January 1951), pp. 17–18. Mentions Adam's bird–cage clock.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (March 1986), pp. 52–53.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (November 1974), pp. 93–98.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (October 1966), pp. 70–72.
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.
Treherne, AlanA 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).
Includes "The Time Trilogy" of astronomy-related watches ("Astrolabium Galileo Galilei", "Planetarium Copernicus" and "Tellurium Johannes Kepler"), "Perpetual Ludwig", "Jaquemart" minute repeater, "Hourstriker Sonnierie En Passant" (including the "Erotica" version), marine chronometer "1846", "San Marco" chronometers (including ones with enamel cloisonne dials), "GMT +-", "Chronospilt Berlin", "Chronograph", "Sandhurst", "Skeleton", Michelangelo" and "San Marco Alarm" watches.
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: 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: 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: four-seasons boys corners, colours bright, dial centre man on horse talking to woman. Maps in hemispheres. Nice dial.
Main dial: goats in corners; maps in hemispheres.
Main dial: houses and castles corners; top has swans; square Georgian-type houses; humps.
Main dial: rabbits top, foxes bottom corners; crude colours. Hemispheres: man with stick humps.
Main dial: ruined abbeys corners, messy painting. Hemispheres: gold pavilions in 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.
Silvered engraved days-of-the-week dial.
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.
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.