A mahogany bell-top bracket clock in a case of fine proportions and colour and with verge movement having hour and half-hour strike and hour repeat.
Ebony-veneered bracket clock with pierced bracket top, verge escapement and quarter repeating on five bells and with strike-silent.
A fine bell-top bracket clock decorated with chinoiserie on a rich red ground, all in an excellent state of preservation.
A fine and small rosewood Regency bracket clock with the rare feature of ting-tang quarter striking and complete with wall bracket.
A very fine mahogany Regency bracket clock by these two well-known makers and complete with replacement wall bracket.
A very fine mahogany Regency bracket clock by these two well-known makers and complete with replacement wall bracket.
A good Regency rosewood bracket clock by these well-known makers, complete with a replacement wall bracket.
A very fine, rosewood veneered, chamfer-top bracket clock by these well-known makers.
A good and small ebonised chamfer top bracket, well inlaid with brass, by this fine maker.
A very fine and small rosewood chamfer-top bracket clock by this noted maker, complete with wall bracket.
A fine and small Regency bracket clock with a movement of the highest quality.
An exceptionally fine and small mahogany bell top bracket clock with arched brass dial and verge escapement.
An exceptionally fine and large, satinwood balloon bracket clock.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 13 no. 2 (June 1978), pp. 58–59.
A very fine and small brass inlaid ebonised bracket clock with porcelain dial.
Includes press cuttings, event tickets, postcards, advertisements, business cards, stickers, wrappers, receipts etc.
Original article from Discovering Antiques no. 10 (n.d.), pp. 235–240.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (November 1978), p. 88.
Printout, arranged alphabetically by author's name.
Typescript and printed.
70 pages
Also includes special report on "Blancpain: 265 years of dedication to mechanical watches" and correspondence.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 8 no. 7 (November 1973), pp. 24–27.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (September 1979), pp. 76–78.
An exceedingly rare, mid-nineteenth-century Black Forest clock pedlar or Uhrentrager in a quite exceptional state of preservation.
Striking clock.
1/4 striking clock.
Original articles, the former in two parts, from Apollo (1948), pp. 105–107, 138–139 and 140–141.
Original article from Endeavour no. 100, vol. 27 (January 1968), p. 2.
Handwritten volume, compiled by A. Shenton, arranged chronologically. Includes authors' names with occasional biographical notes, publications and sources.
Handwritten volume, compiled by A. Shenton, arranged chronologically. Includes authors' names with occasional biographical notes, publications and sources.
Handwritten volume, compiled by A. Shenton, arranged chronologically. Includes authors' names with occasional biographical notes, publications and sources.
Contains snapshots and group portraits from Zurich and Bad Attisholz (nine b/w photographs, uncaptioned, loose), five postcards, and two tour programmes and timetables.
Contains snapshots and portraits from Paris, Lyons and Besancon (38 b/w photographs, captioned, one loose and the rest pasted onto 7 cards); two photographic postcards; three banquet menus (two with guests' signatures); map of Paris public transport; and Lily Hudson's Foire de Paris pass. Captions do not give names of people in the photographs.
This series comprises photographs and papers relating to the British Horological Institute’s trips and the “British Clockmaker’s Heritage” exhibition, as well as some later material.
Contains one b/w photograph, captioned, pasted onto card. Caption does not give the names of people in the image.
Includes letters, a typewritten article, an illustration of the clock, and three photographs.
Includes handwritten genealogical notes, mainly on Seymour and Lambourn families.
Original article from Apollo, vol. 141 no. 400 (new series, June 1995), pp. 25–33.
Original article from The Burlington Magazine, vol. 141 no. 1155 (June 1999), pp. 328–337.
Includes letter and a photographic postcard.
Original articles from The Connoisseur (June 1975), pp. 126–129, 130–137 and 138–141.
Main dial: floral corners with carnations and roses; flower basket breakarch with roses and auriculas, gold circle. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: floral corners, shells with green background in corners with gold and red flowers; breakarch royal couple with small crown on cushion. Dial centre replaced.
Main dial: fan corners, small rose-coloured fans; two prizefighters, fights both in c.1811: John Cribb, English, and John Robichaux, black American (Cribb won both).
Main dial: fan corners, small rose-coloured fans; two prizefighters, fights both in c.1811: John Cribb, English, and John Robichaux, black American (Cribb won both).
Main dial: roses on green background with some red and gold in corners; breakarch scene with little girl in red.
Main dial: roses on green background with some red and gold in corners; breakarch scene with little girl in red.
Main dial: floral corners, small "false" winding holes; roses and auriculas with blue flowers on coloured band; small birds with auriculas centre; Brittania with anchor and rocks and ships breakarch.
Main dial: eight-day arched, large dial, gold with pink and red roses, floral corners, green background to smaller roses; stag and horn below centre; well-painted archer in breakarch.
Main dial: pretty lady type, four-seasons corners, gold edges, cut-off maps, four long feet, thin iron moon. Hemispheres: maps cut off, USA on the left, ecliptic below equator.
Brass moon dial, reasonable condition. Moon scenes: ship at sea; church with tree. Moon faces: round, pop-eyed, reddish nose, pink cheeks.
Main dial: crude green and gold fan corners; two allegorical women in dial centre. Hemispheres: maps, North America on the right, ecliptic below equator. False plate: cast iron.
Iron moon dial, very poor condition. Moon faces: eyes staring and rather close together, stretched mouth. Moon scenes: ship at sea; slightly drunk white house on hill.
Moon faces: smiling, one has quite a wide mouth. Moon scenes: ship at sea with sails furled; red-roofed cottage.
Thin iron moon dial.
Main dial: roses and carnations corners, girl in fat low oval in breakarch, gold surround and scroll breakarch. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: roses and carnations corners, girl in fat low oval in breakarch, gold surround and scroll breakarch. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: pretty lady type, low oval in breakarch, girl in pink, flat gold and gold motifs at breakarch side. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: gold corners with large roses, green ends; garland in centre; large bird in tree branch breakarch.
Main dial: pretty lady type, eight-day breakarch moon, sketchily painted four-seasons corners. Hemispheres: maps.
Main dial: pretty lady type, four-seasons corners, gold edges, four long feet, thin iron moon. Hemispheres: cut-off maps.
Main dial: gold and green floral corners with roses, red outside roses, gold ends; birds in centre. Hemispheres: maps. False plate: unmarked, cast iron.
Brass moon dial. Moon faces: very round faces, red-nosed, red-cheeked pink face, pleasant expression. Moon scenes: ship at sea; cottage and standing figure.
Main dial: blue background, gold leaf black-shadowed numbers, pink roses corners; basket of flowers breakarch.
Brass moon dial. Moon faces: very round faces, red-nosed, red-cheeked pink face, pleasant expression. Moon scenes: ship at sea; cottage and standing figure.
Brass moon dial. Moon faces: very round faces, red-nosed, red-cheeked pink face, pleasant expression. Moon scenes: ship at sea; cottage and standing figure.
Good condition but heavy discoloured varnish. Moon faces: round, pop-eyed, wide set, very pink face. Moon scenes: very large ship at sea; stone mill with waterwheel and dead tree.
Main dial: girl in pink low oval; gold and colour framing breakarch, scrolling outside breakarch. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: pretty lady type, four-seasons girls in corners. Hemispheres: maps. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: auriculas and roses corners, flat gold-framed; auriculas and tulips dial centre; very heavy gauge of metal dial plate. Hemispheres: maps, latitude long, very close together, USA on the left, no ecliptic. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: eight-day arched, floral corners with roses, auriculas and vetch, large vigorous flowers; roses and tulips breakarch. Not given false plate but definitely Halifax/Newcastle. Insurance job: clock was in a house fire, fire damaged, complete strip and repaint.
Moon faces: eyes rather close together, pursed mouth, pink nose. Moon scenes: ship at sea; red-roofed house, very pointed roof.
Main dial: pretty lady type; looks later than 1817. Well-painted, long-necked, stylish four-season ladies. Hemispheres: maps, USA on the left, ecliptic below equator. False plate: sheet iron.
Includes letters, a typewritten extract from La Cathedrale de Beauvais by V. Leblond, and a photographic postcard.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (April 1955), pp. 31–33.
Main dial: off-white, all gesso decoration, quite elaborate in breakarch.
Image of a dial made by Beard & Company, Birmingham dial makers active in the 1790s.
9 b/w photographs, captioned.
Photocopy of an article from Newnes Practical Mechanics (June 1952), pp. 310–311.
Handwritten copy. Also includes a provisional list of Reading clockmakers.
Baselworld Watch and Jewellery Show was a global trade show of the international watch, jewellery and gem industry, organized each spring in the city of Basel, Switzerland, at the Messeplatz.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (August 1984), pp. 60–61.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 10 no. 6 (October 1975), pp. 24–25.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (March 1950), pp. 16–18.
An exceptionally rare Queen Anne walnut stick barometer in a remarkable state of preservation.
A rare, early eighteenth-century walnut stick barometer in the manner of John Patrick.