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.
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.
Moon faces: eyes rather close together, pursed mouth, pink nose. Moon scenes: ship at sea; red-roofed house, very pointed roof.
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.
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: pretty lady type, four-seasons girls in corners. Hemispheres: maps. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: girl in pink low oval; gold and colour framing breakarch, scrolling outside breakarch. False plate: cast iron.
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.
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.
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.
Main dial: gold and green floral corners with roses, red outside roses, gold ends; birds in centre. Hemispheres: maps. False plate: unmarked, cast iron.
Main dial: pretty lady type, four-seasons corners, gold edges, four long feet, thin iron moon. Hemispheres: cut-off maps.
Main dial: pretty lady type, eight-day breakarch moon, sketchily painted four-seasons corners. Hemispheres: maps.
Main dial: gold corners with large roses, green ends; garland in centre; large bird in tree branch breakarch.
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: 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.
Thin iron moon dial.
Moon faces: smiling, one has quite a wide mouth. Moon scenes: ship at sea with sails furled; red-roofed cottage.
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.
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.
Brass moon dial, reasonable condition. Moon scenes: ship at sea; church with tree. Moon faces: round, pop-eyed, reddish nose, pink cheeks.
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.
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: floral corners with carnations and roses; flower basket breakarch with roses and auriculas, gold circle. False plate: cast iron.
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.
Also includes special report on "Blancpain: 265 years of dedication to mechanical watches" and correspondence.
70 pages
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.