An exceptionally fine bow-front stick barometer by these well-known makers, incorporating several rare features.
An exceptionally fine mahogany bow-front, flat-to-the-wall stick barometer.
A good open-front "paddle-top" stick barometer.
Angle barometer.
A very well-proportioned, 11 1/2- inch, four-piece satinwood wheel barometer.
[A stick barometer]
An important early eighteenth-century walnut and marquetry stick barometer.
A rare, early eighteenth-century walnut stick barometer in the manner of John Patrick.
An exceptionally rare Queen Anne walnut stick barometer in a remarkable state of preservation.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (March 1950), pp. 16–18.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 10 no. 6 (October 1975), pp. 24–25.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (August 1984), pp. 60–61.
Handwritten copy. Also includes a provisional list of Reading clockmakers.
Photocopy of an article from Newnes Practical Mechanics (June 1952), pp. 310–311.
9 b/w photographs, captioned.
Image of a dial made by Beard & Company, Birmingham dial makers active in the 1790s.
Main dial: off-white, all gesso decoration, quite elaborate in breakarch.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (April 1955), pp. 31–33.
Includes letters, a typewritten extract from La Cathedrale de Beauvais by V. Leblond, and a photographic postcard.
Original articles from The Connoisseur (June 1975), pp. 126–129, 130–137 and 138–141.
Includes letter and a photographic postcard.
Original article from The Burlington Magazine, vol. 141 no. 1155 (June 1999), pp. 328–337.
Original article from Apollo, vol. 141 no. 400 (new series, June 1995), pp. 25–33.
Includes handwritten genealogical notes, mainly on Seymour and Lambourn families.
Includes letters, a typewritten article, an illustration of the clock, and three photographs.
Contains one b/w photograph, captioned, pasted onto card. Caption does not give the names of people in the image.
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 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.
Contains snapshots and group portraits from Zurich and Bad Attisholz (nine b/w photographs, uncaptioned, loose), five postcards, and two tour programmes and timetables.
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.
Original article from Endeavour no. 100, vol. 27 (January 1968), p. 2.
Original articles, the former in two parts, from Apollo (1948), pp. 105–107, 138–139 and 140–141.
1/4 striking clock.
Striking clock.
An exceedingly rare, mid-nineteenth-century Black Forest clock pedlar or Uhrentrager in a quite exceptional state of preservation.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (September 1979), pp. 76–78.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 8 no. 7 (November 1973), pp. 24–27.
Typescript and printed.
Printout, arranged alphabetically by author's name.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (November 1978), p. 88.
Original article from Discovering Antiques no. 10 (n.d.), pp. 235–240.
Includes press cuttings, event tickets, postcards, advertisements, business cards, stickers, wrappers, receipts etc.
A very fine and small brass inlaid ebonised bracket clock with porcelain dial.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 13 no. 2 (June 1978), pp. 58–59.
An exceptionally fine and large, satinwood balloon bracket clock.
An exceptionally fine and small mahogany bell top bracket clock with arched brass dial and verge escapement.
A fine and small Regency bracket clock with a movement of the highest quality.
A very fine and small rosewood chamfer-top bracket clock by this noted maker, complete with wall bracket.
A good and small ebonised chamfer top bracket, well inlaid with brass, by this fine maker.
A very fine, rosewood veneered, chamfer-top bracket clock by these well-known makers.
A good Regency rosewood bracket clock by these well-known makers, complete with a replacement 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 fine and small rosewood Regency bracket clock with the rare feature of ting-tang quarter striking and complete with wall bracket.
A fine bell-top bracket clock decorated with chinoiserie on a rich red ground, all in an excellent state of preservation.
Ebony-veneered bracket clock with pierced bracket top, verge escapement and quarter repeating on five bells and with strike-silent.
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.
A fine bracket clock in a bell-top mahogany case of rich colour and with brass dial, verge escapement and pull hour repeat.
A very fine and exceptionally small ebonised bracket clock by this noted partnership.
An exceptionally small, rosewood, striking bracket clock.
A good Regency bracket clock in a chamfer-top rosewood case.
A fine rosewood chamfer top bracket [clock] with good brass decoration and original wall bracket.
A mahogany arched-top bracket clock with a finely engraved silvered dial.
A good, ebony veneered bracket clock by this maker of great repute, with ormolu mounted case, verge escapement and quarter repeating on six bells.
A fine mahogany bracket clock with three-pad arched top and numbered striking movement.
A good, rosewood, four-glass clock with hour and 1/2 hour strike and platform lever escapement.
A small and finely proportioned ebony-veneered bracket timepiece in an inverted bell-top case, with verge escapement, silent pallets and quarter repeat.
A finely proportioned bell-top bracket clock decorated with chinoiserie on a green ground.
An eighteenth-century Boulle bracket timepiece with pull quarter repeat on three bells and with its original wall bracket .
An exceptionally fine mahogany bracket clock with profusely mounted case and quarter striking movement of great originality by this famous maker.
A most imposing Georgian bracket clock made by one of the finest clockmakers of the period.
A bracket timepiece in a flat-topped case veneered in walnut and olive wood oysters, by this most celebrated of English makers.
An exceptionally fine mahogany musical bracket clock playing twelve tunes by this eminent maker.
A fine George III bracket clock in a brass-bound case veneered with richly figured mahogany with four corner pineapple finials and a single acorn finial to the centre mound of the bell-top case.
A fine and unusually small rosewood bracket clock with hour strike on a bell and with hour repeat.
Brinkman London / G. Hutchinson George IV mahogany, chamfer top bracket with strike/ silent and hour repeat.
A fine and small ebonised bracket clock with verge escapement, silent pallets and pull quarter repeat on six bells.
A good mahogany bracket clock with brass dial, arched top case and repeating movement with verge escapement.
An unusually small mahogany bell-top bracket clock with alarm and very finely finished movement.
A fine, three-pad, mahogany bracket clock with arched brass dial.
A very fine and small ebony-veneered bracket clock with hour strike and repat, alarm and strike/silent.
A fine mahogany bracket clock with an enamel dial and centre date hand in an arched-top case and in exceptional condition.
A very fine and rare miniature bracket clock in a case veneered with olive wood by this great maker.
A very fine, ebonised and ormolu mounted bracket clock, quarter striking on 8 bells and with original wall bracket.
A very fine, ebonised and ormolu mounted bracket clock, quarter striking on 8 bells and with original wall bracket.
A mahogany bell-top bracket clock with enamel chapter ring and strike/silent.
A small and well-proportioned mahogany arch-top bracket clock.
A good Regency mahogany bracket clock by this noted maker, complete with replacement wall bracket.
A bell-top bracket clock, the case with chinoiserie decoration on a red ground, all in an exceptional state of preservation.
A good, small, brass-inlaid rosewood bracket clock by this fine maker, with replacement wall bracket.
A good mahogany bracket clock with brass inlay and matching wall bracket.