Main dial: gold ovals in corners with green, some lines at oval top; garland and ribbon dial centre. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: rare vignette corners in pale red-yellow, red gold band to corners with white motif, Classical ruin. Not quite Wilson style; black paint all over the place.
Main dial: gilded gesso corners, oval type.
Main dial: four seasons corners; hunting scene breakarch. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: large roses corners, basket of roses, urn and garlands, lead plug for date. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: four continents corners, fine Gen Sir Ralph Abercrombie (d.1801), possible painted George Glover Walker (1767-1834). Went on to Walker & Hughes, fine special order dial, lots of repair marks.
Main dial: four continents corners, fine Gen Sir Ralph Abercrombie (d.1801), possible painted George Glover Walker (1767-1834). Went on to Walker & Hughes, fine special order dial, lots of repair marks.
Main dial: pink roses in corners in gold circles, bird with three roses in breakarch.
Moon faces: round-eyed, pleasant expression. Moon scenes: ship at sea; landscape with bridge.
Moon faces: round-eyed, with long noses. Moon scenes: three-masted ship at sea, only topsails set; no house in landscape.
Moon faces: round-eyed, sweet expression. Moon scenes: ship at sea; beautiful scene with river, bridge Wilson style (painted by same person as 804).
Moon faces: pale eyes, close together. Moon scenes: ship at sea, sails set rather odd; two ruined abbeys, one in distance.
Moon faces: quite jolly. Moon scenes: ship at sea; cottage with leaning tree and distant view.
Main dial: gold ovals corners, shaded green whirligigs; breakarch with oval.
Main dial: lady with anchor in breakarch, gold frame, low oval in corners, shaded green-gold border; fancy work in breakarch either side of oval. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: woman with anchor in breakarch, low oval gold rope surround with moss roses flanking tiny roses corners, gold framing, very interesting dial. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: small rose corners; odd breakarch - shell with flyaway patterns; two rose scrolls either side. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: all gesso decorations, urn with scrolling; larger urn in breakarch with scrolling. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: small roses enclosed in blue scrolls corners. Hemispheres: good maps, North America on right, ecliptic below equator.
Main dial: rosework. Hemispheres: good maps, North America on left, ecliptic below equator. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: peaches in corners in gold basket. Hemispheres: unusual maps with outside numbers for latitude; North America on left, ecliptic above equator. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: four continents corners; gold band around outside chapter ring. Hemispheres: North America on left, ecliptic below equator. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: rather pale-faced four virtues corners. Hemispheres: North America on left, ecliptic below equator. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: peaches in corners in gold basket. Hemispheres: unusual, maps with outside numbers for latitude, North America on ecliptic above equator. False plate: cast iron
Main dial: breakarch moon; blue flowers in gold background corners.
Images of dials made by Walker & Finnemore, a partnership of Birmingham dial makers George Walker and William Finnemore established by 1808.
Main dial: curious wheels which appear to revolve in corners; beautifully painted scene in breakarch of riverside. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: curious wheels which appear to revolve in corners; beautifully painted scene in breakarch of riverside. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: wheels and diamonds top corners; top scene sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham. False plate: W & Hall.
Main dial: wheels and diamonds top corners; top scene sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham. False plate: W & Hall.
Main dial: weird decoration; flying diamonds and wheel in breakarch, not liked.
Main dial: wheels and diamonds top corners; top scene sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham. False plate: W & Hall.
Main dial: odd corners, lots of lines, copper insert in centre breakarch. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: odd corners, lots of lines, copper insert in centre breakarch. False plate: cast iron.
Main dial: bronze powder and pink floral corners and breakarch. Unique dial. False plate: cast iron.
This collection comprises records created and collected by Francis Wadsworth. It includes a large series of original articles by various authors on horological and related topics (cut out of publications, many of them were purchased from antiquarian book dealers), as well as sales and auction catalogues and advertisements for clocks, watches and clockmaking tools; instructions, manuals, and patents; reference publications; alphabetical files relating to clockmaking firms and factories; exhibition and museum brochures; correspondence; ephemera; and papers relating to Wadsworth’s work on the AHS Publication Committee. In addition to purely horological topics, it reflects Francis Wadsworth’s interest in scientific instruments, stately houses and antique furniture and porcelain.
Wadsworth, FrancisPrinted and typescript, some handwritten.
Typescript. Also includes cover letter from The National Trust.
Photocopy typescript and handwritten. Also includes correspondence.
Main dial: blue-grey; carnations and strawberry corners, gesso framed; three birds centre.
Images of dials made by W. H. Price, a Birmingham dial maker active around 1800.
Includes correspondence, handwritten notes and photographs of various Vulliamy clocks sold at different auctions, photocopies of sales catalogue pages, a photocopy of Thomas Reid's letter to B.L. Vulliamy of 1822, and Charles Allix's article "A mid-18th century alarm by Gray and Vulliamy" (Antiquarian Horology, Spring 1994).
Original article from Apollo: The International Magazine of Art and Antiques (October 1990), pp. 226–237. Includes issue cover.
Original article from Discovering Antiques no. 29 (n.d.), pp. 688–692.
Also includes a catalogue of Dorset clocks and related correspondence.
Contains a list of all exhibits.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (November 1983), pp. 58–59.
A very fine Viennese Laterndluhr with grande sonnerie striking.
Original binder label states the date as "May 1979", but the earliest sale in the file is dated 6 October 1979.
A grande sonnerie Vienna regulator of one month duration and of the highest quality.
Floor-standing Vienna regulator with grande sonnerie repeat.
grande sonnerie Vienna regulator.
An early Viennese regulator in a case exceptionally high quality and elegance and with grande sonnerie movement of 8 days duration.
A fine, mahogany rooftop regulator with the rare feature of a one-piece silvered dial and movement of one-month duration.
A good Vienna timepiece in a mahogany case.
A very fine Vienna regulator timepiece in a tapered mahogany case with architectural pediment.
A fine, early "six-light" Vienna regulator timepiece with one-piece enamel dial in a strung mahogany case.
A very fine Vienna Laterndluhr regulator with a timepiece movement of three months duration and gridiron compensating pendulum in a case of exceptionally elegant proportions.
A very rare, grande sonnerie Vienna regulator in a mahogany roof-top case.
An exceptionally fine and rare Vienna regulator on a superbly figured mahogany case and with movement of one-month duration with grande sonnerie striking.
A fine grande sonnerie Vienna regulator by this well-known maker.
An elegant Vienna timepiece in a cherry wood case and with one-piece dial and cast "pie-crust" bezel.
A very fine and early Vienna timepiece with many interesting features.
A rosewood Vienna regulator timepiece of one month duration.
A fine, one-piece dial, Vienna regulator with timepiece movement of one month duration.
A good Vienna timepiece with one-piece dial in a fruitwood case.
A very fine Vienna regulator timepiece with one-piece milk glass dial, steel pendulum rod and tapered mahogany case strung with maple.
A good Vienna regulator in a walnut case and with convex enamel dial.
A very fine and rare "rooftop" Vienna regulator timepiece in a six-light walnut case by these well-known makers.
A rare, very small Viennese Dachluhr timepiece regulator in a cherrywood case.
An early and exceptionally rare seconds beating Vienna regulator timepiece with a movement of one month duration of the very highest quality in a mahogany-veneered, Laterndluhr case of comparable excellence incorporating numerous constructional refinements.
Original article from Practical Woodworking (November 1989), pp. 16–21.
A very fine and unusually small "Dachluhr" or rooftop timepiece in a strung mahogany case.
A fine and rare "rooftop" Vienna timepiece with one-piece enamel dial.
Original article from Antique Collecting (May 1976), pp. 10–14.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (January 1980), pp. 47–50.
Original article from Antique Finder (April 1973), pp. 56–59. Also includes a review of Carriage Clocks, a book by Charles Allix and Peter Bonnert.
A collection of four silver pair- and triple-cased verge watches in mint condition.
Original article from The Connoisseur (March 1914), pp. 157–160.
Labelled "I see also II" but part II not present
Also includes handwritten card.
Also includes price list and a fax message from Grahame Brooks to Caroline Kemp of Time Products regarding his article on the Geneva Seal.
Handwritten. Also includes a newspaper cutting on the re-opening of V&A's Jewellery gallery, and a catalogue of V&A jewellery lantern slides.
Includes letters, order forms, rules for ordering and sale of photographs, and two photographs.
Handwritten. Also includes a typescript letter from the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, regarding Dr Ward's request for a photograph (not included), and the Museum's postcard showing a Roman vertical disc dial c.250 AD.
Also includes correspondence and photocopy promotional materials.
Original article about a watch and chatelaine from the Devonshire Collection, from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (November 1980), p. 98. Includes issue cover.
Main dial: coach and horses with milestone in breakarch, two gold hands. Thin paint, very poor condition.
Main dial: coach and horses with milestone in breakarch, two gold hands. Thin paint, very poor condition.
Main dial: one-piece silvered dial.
Main dial: cream; orange red carnations corner; bright bird and rose centre, gold band and framing. False plate: J281 on back.
Main dial: crude corners - modified yellow fans, green background white flowers, breakarch well painted Robin Hood? Man with horn, 2 red 2 blue feathers in hat and red cloak. River on right lake on left, No primer used, long feet
Main dial: blue background, early 1840s, masonic dial.
Main dial: Crystal Palace breakarch; gold background shells in corners. False plate: red back paint.