A seventeenth-century chamber clock. [This is a detailed, four-page description, signed by Beresford Hutchinson on 21 October 1977].
Early European clockmaking. A very finely preserved south German painted iron chamber clock of c.1620, quarter striking and with alarm.
Original article from Antique Collecting (March 1979), pp. 22–24. Also includes pp. 17–21 with advertisements and "Where to buy clocks" clock shop directory.
Printed.
Makers' surnames include: Yeates, Yoakley, Young, Younge.
Makers' surnames include: Wade, Wadleton, Wady, Waldron, Walker, Walley, Ward, Warden, Washbourn, Wasson, Watson, Watts, Wattson, Webb, Weller, Wells, Westoby, Wheeler, Whichcote, White, Whitebread, Whittaker, Whittingham, Wieland, Wightman, Wild, Wilkes, Wilkins, Williams, Williamson, Willoughby, Wilmot, Wilson, Wimble, Winckles, Wise, Wither, Withers, Woolley, Wood, Woodward, Woodworde, Wrench, Wreghit, Wright, Wyche, Wyld.
Makers' surnames include: Uffington, Urquhart, Utting, Vale, Valentine, Vans, Vauloux, Vernon, Vick, Viens, Viet, Vincent, Vines, Vise, Vulliamy, Vulliamy & Gray.
Makers' surnames include: Tantum, Taylor, Thatcher, Thompson, Thorne, Thornton, Threlkeld, Thwaites, Tipling, Tolley, Tomlinson, Tortore, Toulmin, Tracy, Trail, Traunter, Trattle, Tregent, Trigg, Trigge, Trippett, Trout, Trubshaw, Tucker, Turnbull, Twigg, Tyler.
Makers' surnames include: Sadler, Saer, Sagar, Sampson, Savage, Scafe, Schofield, Scott, Seddon, Sellers, Sewell, Seymour, Shaw, Shelton, Shepard, Simcock, Simcox, Simmons, Skeggs, Skilmore, Smith, Smithyes, Smyth, Snelling, Snow, Soldano, Sparkes, Speakman, Spencer & Perkins, Spinney, Spurgin, Stanton, Stearn, Stedman, Steele, Steevens, Stevens, Stevenson, Still, Stillwell, Stock, Stockar, Stock, Stocke, Stokes, Stone, Storr, Stretch, Stringer, Stubb, Stubbs, Style.
Makers' surnames include: Rant, Ray, Rayment, Raymond, Raynes, Raynsford, Recordon, Redstall, Reed, Renouf, Rice, Richardson, Rigby, Rimbault, Risbridger, Rivers, Riviere, Robb, Robin, Robinson, Rogers, Rooker, Rose, Rouch, Rudrupp.
Makers' surnames include: Pace, Padgett, Page, Pain, Palmer, Pare, Parkinson, Parr, Parre, Patrick De Parshore, Pearson, Peckover, Peers, Penford, Penton, Penyston, Pepys, Perigal, Phillips, Philp, Pinchbeck, Pingstone, Pitcher, Pitt, Pleydell, Plimmer, Plumbe, Porthouse, Post, Poulton, Power, Poy, Prevost, Price, Prime, Puller, Purden, Pyke, Pyne.
Makers' surnames include: Nash, Neale, Newbrough, Newborough, Newby, Newton, Nicholls, Nickals, Norcott, Norris, Northcote, Northey, Norton, Nourse, Ogden, Olden, Ollive, Orton, Osborne, Overzee.
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: Lakin, Lambe, Lambert, Langford, Latham, Lawley, Leadbetter, Le Bass, Le Count / Lecount, Ledgard, Lee, Leigh, Lester, Lestourgeon, Lindsay, Lock, London, Longland, Lovelace, Lowndes, Lowry, Lugg, Lumpkin, Lyons, Lys.
Makers' surnames include: Kefford, Kember, Kening, Kent, Kenton, King, Kipling, Kirk, Kirkpatrick, Knifton, Knottesford, Knowles.
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: Irland, Ireland, Irving, Ismay.
Makers' surnames include: Hackett, Halifax, Hall, Hally, Hampson, Hanson, Harbart, Harbert, Herbert, Hardinge, Harmer, Harper, Harris, Harrison, Harvey, Harvie, Hasius, Hatfield, Hawkins, Hayler, Hayley, Hebert, Henderson, Herbert, Hewitt, Hicks, Higgs, Hill, Hindley, Hindmore, Hocker, Hodges, Holland, Holloway, Holmes, Hopkins, Houlgrave, Howard, Howse, Hubbard, Hubert, Hughes, Hulbert, Hunt, Hunter, Huntsman, Hurt, Hutchin, Hutchinson, Hynam.
Makers' surnames include: Gardner, Garfoot, Garon, Gascoigne, Gatton, Gavell, Gavelle, Gazuet, Gibbs, Gill, Giroust, Glazior, Glover, Goddard, Goode, Goodman, Gould, Grant, Gratte, Gravell & Tolkein, Gray, Gray & Vulliamy, Green, Gregg, Gregory, Gribelin, Griffith, Grimes, Grimwade.
Makers' surnames include: Farwell, Faulkener, Fearnley, Fenn, Fennell, Fenton, Fenwick, Ferguson, Ferron, Fielder, Finch, Fish, Fladgate, Fleureau, Flook, Follit, Fontaine, Ford, Forde, Foster, Fowll, Fox, Freeman, French, Freshfield.
Makers' surnames include: Earnshaw, East, Eastwick, Eayre, Ebsworth, Eccless, Eck, Edwards, Elliott, Ellicott, Elliott, Elphinstone, Emery, Etherington, Eva, Evans, Ewer.
Makers' surnames include: Daniel, Davis, Davison, Day, Debenham, Debnam, De Charmes, Delaunce, Delance, Dene, Dent, Denton, Derve, Dewe, Dickerson, Dingley, Dobson, Dorling, Dorrell, Dorrill, Draper, Drew, Drury, Duchesne / Du Chesne, Duhamel, Dunlop, Dupont, Dutton, Dwerihouse / Dwerryhouse.
Makers' surnames include: Cabrier, Caldwell, Callam, Calver, Cam, Cannon, Card, Carrington, Carte, Carter, Cartwright, Catlin, Chapman, Chater, Chilcott, Chotard, Church, Clapot, Clark, Clarke, Clay, Clayton, Clegg, Clement, Clifton, Clowes, Cockey, Cole, Collins, Colston, Cook, Cooper, Cooper & Hedge, Corderoy, Corless, Coulon, Covington, Coward, Cox, Craig, Creak, Cressener, Crockford, Crolee, Cromey, Crosbey, Crow, Crucefix, Crucifix, Cruttenden, Cumming.
Makers' surnames include: Bailey, Baker, Barber, Barnes, Barnet, Barnett, Barraud, Barrett, Barron, Barrow, Baseley, Bayford, Bayley, Beake, Beale, Beavis, Bedford, Behoe, Bennet, Bennett, Berry, Bertram, Bewley, Bicknill, Bilbie, Billings, Billop, Bird, Birt, Blackborough, Blackbourn, Blake, Blanchard, Blundell, Booth, Boreham, Bouquet, Bowyer, Boyce, Bradford, Bradley, Brafield, Brass, Bridge, Bridgman, Brooking, Brooks, Brown, Browne, Bryan, Buckingham, Bull, Bunce, Burges, Burgis, Burputt.
Makers' surnames include: Abbott, Abdell, Abraham, Ackerley, Adamson, Ainsley, Alder, Aldworth, Alexander, Alfield, Allam, Allaway, Allsop / Alsop / Alsope, Amyot, Anderton, Andrews, Appleford, Appley, Archambo, Archer, Argos, Arnold, Ashbrook, Ashton, Aslat, Asselin, Aubert, Austin, Avenell, Aylward, Aynsworth, Ayres.
Also includes a few pages of lantern clocks and general articles on longcase clocks and lacquer.
Makers' surnames include: Younge, Young. This file also includes some listings and articles about multiple clocks by various other makers (Miller, Hoddle, Hodgkin, Quare, Threlkeld, Pride, Jones, Hunsdon, Milles, Motley, DeCharmes, Garon, DuChesne, Antram, Markham, Cox, Higgs, Evans, Rimbault, Rivers & Son, and unknown makers).
Makers' surnames include: Wady, Wagstaffe, Wainwright, Waldron, Walker, Walter, Ward, Warre, Warren, Watson, Watts, Webb, Weeks, Wells, Weston, Wheatley, Whichcote, White, Wightman, Wightwick, Willcox, Williams, Williamson, Willoughby, Wilmshurst, Wilson, Winrowe, Wise, Witherston, Wolfall, Wright, Wyche.
Makers' surnames include: Unite, Urquhart, Van Stryp, Vauguion, Vernier, Vernon, Vick, Viet, Vulliamy.
Makers' surnames include: Tawney, Taylor, Templer, Thornton, Thorp, Threlkeld, Thuret, Tomkins, Tomlinson, Toppin, Toulmin, Tregent, Trewinnard, Trubshaw, Turnball, Turner, Tyler.
Makers' surnames include: Sadler, Sanderson, Sands, Scafe, Scott, Sebire, Seddon, Seymour, Sharpe, Shaw, Shepley, Simon, Simpson, Sly, Smalley, Smith, Snelling, Snow, Somersall, Speakman, Spencer & Perkins, Squire, Stanton, Steevens, Steiner, Stephens, Stone, Stones, Story, Strelley, Strigel, Stubbs, Style, Sully, Sympson.
Makers' surnames include: Rainsford, Raymond, Raynsford, Richardson, Rigg, Rimbault, Rivers, Roberts, Robin, Robins, Robinson, Rogers, Romley, Rontree, Rule.
Makers' surnames include: Pain, Panchaud, Papavoine, Pare, Peckover, Pepys, Perigal, Perinot, Perry, Penny, Philp, Pinchbeck, Pingo, Pistor, Pleydell, Pluet, Poy, Prevost, Prime, Prior, Procter, Pryor, Puller, Purden, Pyke.
Makers' surnames include: Naylor, Nethercott, Neve, Newman, Newton, Nicolason, Nicholson, Norcott, Norris, Norton, Ogden, Oosterwyck.
Makers' surnames include: Macham, Maddock, Marchant, McCabe, McKensy, Man, Mann, Marchant, Margetts, Markham, Markwick, Marriott, Marshall, Martyn, Martin, Martineau, Mason, Massey, Massy, May, Mayhew, Maynard, Mayowe, Menis, Meriton, Michel, Miller, Mitchell, Mitchelson, Mondehare, Moran, Morrison, Mowtlow, Mudge, Murgatroyd, Murray.
Makers' surnames include: Lagisse, Lamb & Webb, Lambert, Lampe, Land, Latham, Lee, Leroux, Lestourgeon, Lindsay, Liptrot, Loddington, Lowndes, Lumpkin.
Makers' surnames include: King, Kipling, Kirk, Knight, Knottesford.
Makers' surnames include: Ince and Mayhew, Ireland, Jackson, Jakeman, Jarratt, Jefferys, Jenkins, Jersey, Johnson, Jones, Jordan.
Makers' surnames include: Haley, Hall, Hally, Halsey, Ham, Handiside, Harding, Harper, Harris, Harrys, Harwood, Hassenius, Hasenus, Hayle, Hebert, Hemings, Hemins, Herbert, Hester, Hewitt, Hewett, Heyes, Higgs, Hilderson, Hildeyard, Hill, Hindley, Hitchin, Hobart, Hoddle, Hodges, Holmes, Hough, Howes, Hubert, Hubson, Hughes, Humphreys, Hunt, Hunter.
Makers' surnames include: Galabin, Garner, Garon, Gerrard, Giroust, Goddard, Godden, Godfrey, Goode, Goubert, Gould, Grace, Grant, Grantham, Gray, Green, Greenhill, Gregg, Gregory, Grevill, Grey, Gribelin, Guepin, Guiguer, Gwilt.
Makers' surnames include: Farmer, Farr, Faulkner, Faver, Fennell, Ferry, Field, Fitter, Fladgate, Flashman, Fleetwood, Fontaine / Torin, Fort, Foster, Frodsham, Froome.
Makers' surnames include: Eagle, Earnshaw, East, Ebsworth, Edlyne, Ellicott, Elliott, Etherington, Evans.
Makers' surnames include: Darke, Davidge, Davies, Davis, Debaufre, De Charmes, Delafosse, Delander, Dent, De St. Leu, Dewe, Dickie, Dingley, Dobson, Doughty, Drew, Drury, Du Chesne, Du Hamel, Dunlop.
Makers' surnames include: Cabrier, Camden, Cartwright, Charleson, Chotard, Clarke, Clark, Clay, Cleghorn, Cleland, Clement, Clowes, Cole, Coleby, Collyer, Colston, Cotsworth, Cotton, Coulton, Coupe, Cowpe, Craike, Creak, Cressener, Crisp, Crockford, Crucefix, Cumming.
Makers' surnames include: Baddy, Baker, Barber, Barbot, Barnes, Barnett, Barrett, Barrow, Bartram, Bayley, Beauvais, Beckman, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Bertrand, Betts, Bird, Blackborow, Blackburn, Blackford, Blanchard, Blundell, Bocket, Borell, Bosley, Bouquet, Bousquet, Bowly, Box, Boyce, Bradford, Bradley, Brass, Bray, Brewer, Brulefer, Brockhurst, Bryant, Buck, Bugden, Bumstead, Burgis, Burgiss, Burgess, Bushman, Butcher, Butterfield, Byard.
Makers' surnames include: Abchurch, Addis, Aldworth, Allam, Allin, Antram, Appley, Archambo, Arnold, Aspinall, Asselin, Audouin, Austen.
This series contains cutouts and photocopies of twentieth-and early twenty-first-century catalogue entries and advertisements describing seventeenth- and eighteenth-century longcase clocks, annotated by Jeremy Evans. The files also include photographs and some related correspondence and reports.
This series contains cutouts and photocopies of twentieth- and early twenty-first-century catalogue entries and advertisements describing seventeenth- and eighteenth-century bracket clocks, annotated by Jeremy Evans. Some files also include photographs, journal articles and related correspondence and reports.
This collection comprises mostly John W. Castle’s correspondence with local authorities of European towns and cities enquiring about famous local clocks, conducted in course of his research for a book about famous clocks of Europe. The files contain information obtained as a result, including photographs and publications. The book has never been published.
Castle, JohnOriginal article about an Art Deco Cartier clock to be sold at Christie's New York on 24 April, from Christie's International Magazine (April 1991), pp. 12–13.
This collection comprises Roger Carrington’s research papers relating to clockmaking and watchmaking in the north of England, and the role of insurance records in researching horological history.
Carrington, RogerOriginal article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (July 1983), pp. 36–38.
Original binder label says "May 1988", but the earliest sale in the file is dated 29 June 1988.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (February 1982), pp. 40–43.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (March 1971), pp. 80–87.
A fine corniche case carriage clock, engraved and gilded and with engraved dial mask and hour repeat.
A fine, gilt oval carriage clock striking the hours on a bell and with push repeat.
A grande sonnerie carriage clock no. 5473 with alarm, in a gorge case and with a movement of high quality.
[With original case].
A finely engraved, oval carriage clock with engraved dial mask.
A fine gilded carriage clock with petite sonnerie strike on bells, calendar and alarm.
A fine, engraved oval carriage clock with original gilding to the case and repeat strike on a bell, by this noted maker.
A fine quality, gorge case carriage clock with grande sonnerie striking and alarm by this celebrated maker.
A gorge cased carriage clock with alarm and grande sonnerie striking.
A very fine carriage clock in an engraved gorge case with three subsidiary dials and seconds dial and with grande sonnerie striking on bells, almost certainly the work of Henry Jacot.
A very fine, engraved, gorge-cased carriage clock with grande sonnerie strike on bells.
A fine, early, one piece carriage clock with countwheel strike on a bell.
A good English carriage timepiece.
A fine English striking carriage clock by this well-known maker.
A grande sonnerie carriage clock of the finest quality by this celebrated maker.
A very good, early carriage clock in a gorge case by this noted maker, striking and repeating the hours and with numbered key and travelling box.
A fine and large carriage timepiece by this excellent maker.
A fine gorge-cased carriage clock with repeat strike by this noted maker.
A bell striking and repeating carriage clock in a gorge case with engraving of the highest quality and with alarm.
Engraved carriage clock, quarter strike on bells.
A grande sonnerie and alarm carriage clock in an engraved case of the fine quality always associated with this maker and retailer.
A very fine, engraved, gorge-cased carriage clock with petite sonnerie strike on bells.
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 fine rosewood four-glass or English carriage clock by this well-known maker.
An early one-piece carriage clock striking on a bell, by this noted maker.
A fine carriage clock by this celebrated maker, with grande sonnerie striking and contained in an engraved gorge case.
A fine engraved carriage clock with cloissonée side panels and dial mask.
A finely engraved and gilded oval carriage clock with hour repeat and alarm.
A miniature carriage timepiece by this celebrated maker with original gilding to the case.
A grande sonnerie carriage clock by this noted maker in an engraved case of the highest quality.
A petite sonnerie carriage clock by this great maker, in an engraved case of the highest quality.
A fine carriage clock in gilt corniche case repeating on a bell.
A very fine gorge-cased carriage clock with five porcelain panels.
An exceptionally fine, engraved gorge-cased carriage clock with grande sonnerie strike on bells and with subsidiary seconds dial.
An engraved gorge-cased carriage clock of the finest quality with grande sonnerie strike on bells and with three subsidiary calendar apertures. The movement almost certainly the work of Henri Jacot.
A good small carriage clock in an engraved gorge case with engraved and shuttered door and engraved dial mask.