Main dial: gesso corners with coloured ovals, fine painted hunting scene in breakarch, framed with gesso, gilded winding holes.
Main dial: gesso corners with coloured ovals, fine painted hunting scene in breakarch, framed with gesso, gilded winding holes.
Main dial: grey/blue, all transfer print decoration, breakarch identical to dial 616 (Wilson square). Made for Thomas Gammon of Hereford 1774–1786.
Main dial: gesso corners, maritime scene in arch, decorated date grommets.
Main dial: miniature of Nelson, breakarch with gold flag and lion (battle of the Nile?), gold flag, drum and flag corners in gold band.
Main dial: blue/grey, carnations and honeysuckle corners, auricula in breakarch with springs.
Main dial: blue/grey, all transfer print, breakarch with crowing cockerel in oval, elaborate swags, two profiles lower down of Plato and Socrates? (see 1069 and 1076).
Moon faces: squinty eyes. Moon scenes: landscape with figures, unusual angel with trumpet on medium blue sky.
Moon faces: pop-eyed. Moon scenes: landscape with two standing figures; ship on fire at sea (another example of the pop-eyed moon artist looking at death and destruction at sea).
Moon faces: pop-eyed. Moon scenes: land scene and battle at sea (cut in half by clockmaker and pinned on to main dial; other half?).
Moon faces: round, dark-eyed, pink cheeks, slightly worried look. Moon scenes: large ship at sea, side view; cottage in background .
Moon faces: pleasant. Moon scenes: ship with rigid waves; brown cottage and lake.
Main dial: blue/grey, gold band, four seasons, long faces. Hemispheres: good maps (original but dirty).
Moon faces: pleasant, pursed mouth. Moon scenes: cottage and tree; ship with sails.
Moon faces: squinty eyes. Moon scenes: stars and moon on dark blue sky (usually seen on early dials), figure of landlady of Swan Inn presenting long bill (probably a joke?).
Moon faces: slightly pop-eyed, one with eyes very close together. Moon scenes: ship at anchor by rocky cove; curious volcano-like structure with tree.
Moon faces: squinty eyes. Moon scenes: landscape; ship at sea, very slanting waves.
Moon faces: pale, slightly squinty-faced. Moon scenes: cottage on mill with two figures; good ship at sea with very white sails and blue and white pennant.
Moon faces: slightly pop-eyed. Moon scenes: landscape and ship at sea (moon had been repainted or 'touched up' because of paint loss; paint too thick).
Moon faces: round-eyed, slightly 'pop'. Moon scenes: landscape done by breakarch painter of dial 1526; very rare St Luke on other side.
Moon faces: pleasant. Moon scenes: ship at sea; girl with wings on her feet, holding flowers.
Moon faces: same as Bubwith.
Moon faces: pensive. Moon scenes: ship at sea regular waves; cottage with standing figure and thin leaning tree.
Moon faces: slightly pop-eyed. Moon scenes: boy shooting in winter landscape; ship on fire at sea.
Main dial: off-white, oval breakarch has three bears fishing scene with gesso at side, ranunculus and morning glories and blue anemones gesso corners.
Main dial: primrose.
Main dial: no gesso, roses in all corners, two long-necked birds in centre, nasturtiums either side of name in breakarch, enclosed in oval.
Main dial: slightly blue/grey, breakarch with bird in gesso oval, morning glory and pansy corners.
Main dial: blue/grey, diamond gesso, spandrel corners, floral and scrolling either side of high oval in breakarch, fine painting of lady with lady with dog in oval.
Main dial: blue/grey, all print décor, Father Time in high oval, with elaborate scrolling in breakarch.
Main dial: dotted oval and spandrel-type corners, fancy gesso breakarch, grommets used in winding holes.
Main dial: dotted oval and spandrel-type corners, fancy gesso breakarch grommets used in winding holes.
Main dial: dotted oval and spandrel-type corners, fancy gesso breakarch, grommets used in winding holes.
Main dial: strawberry and honeysuckle corners, no gesso, long-tailed bird in breakarch, two anemones in centre.
Main dial: blue/grey, vetch and roses corners, gesso-framed, bird with nest and roses in breakarch.
Main dial: roses and carnations corners, no gesso, bird with strawberries in breakarch.
Main dial: blue/grey, blue-toned roses and anemones corners, no gesso, bird with peach and cherries in breakarch.
Main dial: probably blue/grey, honeysuckle and anemone corners, no gesso, roses in centre; bird, strawberries and auriculas in breakarch, two lines at base of breakarch.
Main dial: pale blue/grey, auriculas and nasturtiums gesso-framed corners, surprised-looking long tailed bird in breakarch with bachelor's buttons.
Main dial: badly damaged, heavy overpainting, graphics.
Main dial: creamy, gold framing, corners with roses, rocking ship in arch. Arch thinly painted.
Main dial: blue-petalled roses and ranunculus, corners framed with dot gesso, gold leaf shells in breakarch corners. Automata has coastal scene with ship missing (ship taken from Wilson).
Main dial: blue-petalled roses and ranunculus, corners framed with dot gesso, gold leaf shells in breakarch corners. Automata has coastal scene with ship missing (ship taken from Wilson).
Main dial: off-white, gold leaf shells with seaweed corners, well-painted background to swans. Moving swan's head missing.
Main dial: blue/grey, fine gesso corners with ovals, green inside, rocking ship with USA flag and curved breakarch, ground add-in.
Two Osborne breakarch dials together. Main dial left: roses and anemones, corners with gesso framing, bird with roses? in breakarch. Main dial right: gesso with long oval in corners, urn gesso in breakarch.
Main dial: blue/grey, flowing gesso corners. Hemispheres: wide, North America, ecliptic below equator.
Main dial: blue/grey, pale, pears and strawberry gesso-framed corners. Hemispheres: maps too small for hemispheres.
Main dial: off-white, orangey roses centre, honeysuckle and auriculas corners, gesso-framed. Hemispheres: maps, narrow USA, ecliptic above equator.
Main dial: pale blue/grey, small roses in corners with dot gesso oval and gesso flourishes, moss roses centre. Hemispheres: North America with ecliptic.
Main dial: blue/grey, gesso corners, oval pattern, two birds in centre of dial. Hemispheres: narrow, North America, ecliptic above equator.
Main dial: grey/blue, off-white, roses and strawberry top corner, roses bottom, two gilt sprigs either side of date dial, gilded winding holes. Hemispheres: odd maps, North America, ecliptic below equator, gold rim.
Main dial: blue/grey, roses top, ranunculus bottom, primroses and small blue flowers dial centre. Hemispheres: odd maps, gold star on moon post, maps gold edged.
Main dial: blue/grey, gold band, four seasons, long faces. Hemispheres: good maps (original but dirty).
Main dial: blue/grey, gold band, four seasons, long faces. Hemispheres: good maps (original but dirty).
Main dial: creamy, anemone and blue petalled roses in corners, gesso-framed. Hemispheres: maps USA ecliptic below equator.
Main dial: blue/grey, four seasons ladies, rather skinny-faced and awkward postures. Hemispheres: good maps, America, with ecliptic below equator.
Hemispheres: North America, ecliptic below equator.
Main dial: off-white, large ladies, four seasons, no borders, gold band, nice painting. Hemispheres: maps.
Main dial: blue/grey, pink roses, strawberries corners, long-necked birds in centre, no gesso. Hemispheres: maps.
Main dial: blue/grey, very dark blue ovals in corners with gesso. Hemispheres: North America, with ecliptic above equator.
Main dial: blue/grey, pink roses in corners, no gesso, long-necked birds in centre. Hemispheres: North America, ecliptic below equator.
Main dial: blue/grey, very dark blue ovals in corners with gesso. Moon faces: pop-eyed. Moon scenes: lady by seaside with anchor and dismasted ship in gale (this artist specialised in death and destruction at sea).
Main dial: blue/grey, strawberries and auriculas with blue flowers corners, gesso framing, long-necked birds in centre. Hemispheres: maps upside-down.
Main dial: off-white, very absorbent surface, modified fan corners, green fans, pale pink border, muted colours. Hemispheres: upside-down maps.
Main dial: blue/grey, roses in corners, gesso ovals set widthways, flat gold scrolling in corners, two long-necked birds in centre, roses with some blue petals. Hemispheres: curious maps, North America, ecliptic below equator.
Images of dials made by Thomas Hadley Osborne, a Birmingham dial maker who started his own dial manufactory after the dissolution of the Wilson & Osborne partnership in 1777.
Original article from Apollo Miscellany (1950), pp. 1–8.
Main dial: carnations, lilies, gesso framed, two long necked birds with foliage, black sprigs over lower dial feet. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: roses and crocus corners, long-necked birds centre with thin foliage. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: roses and crocus corners, long-necked birds centre with thin foliage. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: gesso whirligig corners; decorated arch seascape in breakarch with two ships.
Main dial: off-white, very elegant gesso, high oval in top, goddess holding palm leaf. False plate: cast iron.
Images of dials made by Thomas Keeling, a Birmingham dial maker active in 1799–1825.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 21 no. 6 (November 1986), pp. 28–30.
Original Royal Society of Arts publication of six lectures delivered before the Society in January and February 1908.
Original article in three parts from The Antique Collector (February, June and October 1966), pp. 18–25, 125–131 and 211–217.
Original article from Apollo (n.d.), pp. 49–52, 55.
Original article from The Connoisseur (April 1962), pp. 211–219.
Original article from The Connoisseur, vol. 188 no. 756 (February 1975), pp. 116–123.
Original pages from Journal of the Society of Arts (26 August 1859), pp. 654–655.
Letter from the original "Home Correspondence" section of the Journal of the Society of Arts (9 September 1859), p. 675.
Original article in two parts from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (October and November 1974), pp. 100–103, 80–82 and 85 respectively.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (November 1978), pp. 90–94.
Original article from The Connoisseur (March 1903), pp. 169–174.
Original article from The Connoisseur (August 1910), pp. 249–254.
Two copies of the original article from Antique Collecting (March 1979), pp. 10–15 and 22–24. Also includes antique dealers' advertisement pages.
Original article from The Antique Collector (January 1984), pp. 40–42.
Photocopy of an article about the collection of John Hendry, published in Worcester Evening News.
Photocopy of an article from Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments, vol. 13 (1980).
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (February 1973), pp. 55–58. Also includes issue cover.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 12 no. 1 (May 1977), pp. 18–20.
Bound copy of an article published in Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie (March 1929), reprinted in the Watchmaker, Jeweler, Silversmith and Optician, translated by J. Eric Haswell.
Original article from Antiques Weekly (19 June 1972), pp. 34–37.
Notebook, 47 pages, containing John W. Castle's handwritten notes, mostly on individual clocks, and some drawings. A signed note on inside cover reads "The notes in this book represent hours of research in museums and libraries all over England and half Europe".
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (March 1961), pp. 29–30.
Original article from World of Antiques collectors' guide first classic edition (1969), pp. 139–141.
Original article from The Antique Collector (August 1957), pp. 148–152.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (February 1959), pp. 20–21.