Photocopies of an article about the exhibition published in The Horological Journal in June 1924 and of the special 1974 edition of Wembley History Society Journal.
Includes letter, photographic service receipts, and one photograph.
Original article about Smiths Clocks and Watches Ltd, from The Engineer (1 June 1956), pp. 606–607.
Printed. Cassette not included. Issued to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers' charter.
3 b/w photographs. File also includes a typescript cover letter from Jennifer Blain of Strike One Limited.
The museum, famous for its windmills, also includes a time-piece exhibition. The file also contains a handwritten note with "copy of instructions from Clock no. 1".
4 b/w photographs.
This collection comprises mostly fine wristwatch trade publications sent to and collected by Grahame Brooks over an approximately ten-year period from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s. It includes press releases, product brochures, photographs, slides and CD-Roms, as well as some correspondence. It also contains other horologucal publications, such as journals and exhibition catalogues.
Brooks, GrahameOne colour photograph, showing general view of the exhibition and the Rita Shenton Books stall.
Also includes an article on the company's history.
This collection comprises Eric Bunt’s handwritten notes on watch and clockmakers from the fourteenth to eighteenth centuries, compiled from original documents held at the Public Record Office, Chancery Lane, and from printed volumes of Calendars of State Papers; handwritten transcripts of eighteenth-century newspaper articles about watch and clock thefts; and Eileen’s Bunt handwritten transcript of Benjamin Gray’s Daybook (original at the Guildhall Library, London).
Bunt, EricImages of dials made by Burgess Hartley, Birmingham dial makers active in the 1810s and 1820s.
Main dial: slightly grey off-white; blotty roses, vetch and morning glory corners, lemon part framing; red lines, birds in centre. Hemispheres: maps. False plate: cast iron. Rare dial, was a Factor so someone else might have made the dial.
Main dial: off-white, geometric corners, balloon in breakarch with gilt dots.
Moon faces: very red cheeks. Moon scenes: cross-looking swan, quite large; quite bright cottage.
This collection comprises correspondence and other papers created and collected by Martin Burgess during his clockmaking career, including notes, drawings and photographs relating to his Gurney, Schroder and other clocks. It also includes his recollections of his time at Gresham’s School, and film rolls and papers relating to Clockmaker, a documentary on Burgess, directed and produced by Richard Gayer in 1971.
Burgess, MartinOriginal article from Antique Collecting (April 1998), pp. 8–12.
Original article from Antique Collector (June 1978), pp. 101–102.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide Supplement (October 1988), pp. 30–31.
Original article from Antique Finder (April 1973), pp. 61–31.
Original articles from Art & Antiques Weekly (9–15 January 1981), pp. 23–25 and 26–27. Also includes issue cover.
Typewritten and handwritten. Includes notes on the Mayan calendar with related correspondence with the Legation of Guatemala; notes on the calculation of the birth of Jesus, notes on the months, the calendars of Kalasasaya, Egypt, the Muslim and Jewish calendars, and perpetual calendar; a draft copy of Chapter 1 of "Once Upon a Time", and The Sunday Express article on "When 11 days vanished from the calendar" (31 December 1961).
Also includes a cover letter.
Typescript and printed. Also includes 3 b/w photographs.
Original article about Canadian furniture of the Georgian era, from The Antique Collector (January 1986), pp. 88–93.
Original lecture in three parts from the Journal of the Society of Arts, vol. 29 (July 1881), pp. 663–671, 673–698 and 701–726.
Original article about London-made longcase clocks, from The Antique Collector (August 1981), pp. 52–55.
Photocopy of an article from Wireless World (January 1982), pp. 74–78.
Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 24 no. 7 (December 1989), p. 18.
An exceptionally fine English carriage clock by this noted maker, complete with original winding key and travelling box.
A good small carriage clock in an engraved gorge case with engraved and shuttered door and engraved dial mask.
An engraved gorge-cased carriage clock of the finest quality with grande sonnerie strike on bells and with three subsidiary calendar apertures. The movement almost certainly the work of Henri Jacot.
An exceptionally fine, engraved gorge-cased carriage clock with grande sonnerie strike on bells and with subsidiary seconds dial.
A very fine gorge-cased carriage clock with five porcelain panels.
A fine carriage clock in gilt corniche case repeating on a bell.
A petite sonnerie carriage clock by this great maker, in an engraved case of the highest quality.
A grande sonnerie carriage clock by this noted maker in an engraved case of the highest quality.
A miniature carriage timepiece by this celebrated maker with original gilding to the case.
A finely engraved and gilded oval carriage clock with hour repeat and alarm.
A fine engraved carriage clock with cloissonée side panels and dial mask.
A fine carriage clock by this celebrated maker, with grande sonnerie striking and contained in an engraved gorge case.
An early one-piece carriage clock striking on a bell, by this noted maker.
A fine rosewood four-glass or English carriage clock by this well-known maker.
A fine carriage clock in an engraved gorge case with subsidiary dials for alarm and day of the month and petite sonnerie strike on bells.
A very fine, engraved, gorge-cased carriage clock with petite sonnerie strike on bells.
A grande sonnerie and alarm carriage clock in an engraved case of the fine quality always associated with this maker and retailer.
Engraved carriage clock, quarter strike on bells.
A bell striking and repeating carriage clock in a gorge case with engraving of the highest quality and with alarm.
A fine gorge-cased carriage clock with repeat strike by this noted maker.
A fine and large carriage timepiece by this excellent maker.
A very good, early carriage clock in a gorge case by this noted maker, striking and repeating the hours and with numbered key and travelling box.
A grande sonnerie carriage clock of the finest quality by this celebrated maker.
A fine English striking carriage clock by this well-known maker.
A good English carriage timepiece.
A fine, early, one piece carriage clock with countwheel strike on a bell.
A very fine, engraved, gorge-cased carriage clock with grande sonnerie strike on bells.
A very fine carriage clock in an engraved gorge case with three subsidiary dials and seconds dial and with grande sonnerie striking on bells, almost certainly the work of Henry Jacot.
A gorge cased carriage clock with alarm and grande sonnerie striking.
A fine quality, gorge case carriage clock with grande sonnerie striking and alarm by this celebrated maker.
A fine, engraved oval carriage clock with original gilding to the case and repeat strike on a bell, by this noted maker.
A fine gilded carriage clock with petite sonnerie strike on bells, calendar and alarm.
A finely engraved, oval carriage clock with engraved dial mask.
[With original case].
A grande sonnerie carriage clock no. 5473 with alarm, in a gorge case and with a movement of high quality.
A fine, gilt oval carriage clock striking the hours on a bell and with push repeat.
A fine corniche case carriage clock, engraved and gilded and with engraved dial mask and hour repeat.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (March 1971), pp. 80–87.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (February 1982), pp. 40–43.
Original binder label says "May 1988", but the earliest sale in the file is dated 29 June 1988.
Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (July 1983), pp. 36–38.
This collection comprises Roger Carrington’s research papers relating to clockmaking and watchmaking in the north of England, and the role of insurance records in researching horological history.
Carrington, RogerOriginal article about an Art Deco Cartier clock to be sold at Christie's New York on 24 April, from Christie's International Magazine (April 1991), pp. 12–13.
This collection comprises mostly John W. Castle’s correspondence with local authorities of European towns and cities enquiring about famous local clocks, conducted in course of his research for a book about famous clocks of Europe. The files contain information obtained as a result, including photographs and publications. The book has never been published.
Castle, JohnThis series contains cutouts and photocopies of twentieth- and early twenty-first-century catalogue entries and advertisements describing seventeenth- and eighteenth-century bracket clocks, annotated by Jeremy Evans. Some files also include photographs, journal articles and related correspondence and reports.
This series contains cutouts and photocopies of twentieth-and early twenty-first-century catalogue entries and advertisements describing seventeenth- and eighteenth-century longcase clocks, annotated by Jeremy Evans. The files also include photographs and some related correspondence and reports.
Makers' surnames include: Abchurch, Addis, Aldworth, Allam, Allin, Antram, Appley, Archambo, Arnold, Aspinall, Asselin, Audouin, Austen.
Makers' surnames include: Baddy, Baker, Barber, Barbot, Barnes, Barnett, Barrett, Barrow, Bartram, Bayley, Beauvais, Beckman, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Bertrand, Betts, Bird, Blackborow, Blackburn, Blackford, Blanchard, Blundell, Bocket, Borell, Bosley, Bouquet, Bousquet, Bowly, Box, Boyce, Bradford, Bradley, Brass, Bray, Brewer, Brulefer, Brockhurst, Bryant, Buck, Bugden, Bumstead, Burgis, Burgiss, Burgess, Bushman, Butcher, Butterfield, Byard.
Makers' surnames include: Cabrier, Camden, Cartwright, Charleson, Chotard, Clarke, Clark, Clay, Cleghorn, Cleland, Clement, Clowes, Cole, Coleby, Collyer, Colston, Cotsworth, Cotton, Coulton, Coupe, Cowpe, Craike, Creak, Cressener, Crisp, Crockford, Crucefix, Cumming.
Makers' surnames include: Darke, Davidge, Davies, Davis, Debaufre, De Charmes, Delafosse, Delander, Dent, De St. Leu, Dewe, Dickie, Dingley, Dobson, Doughty, Drew, Drury, Du Chesne, Du Hamel, Dunlop.
Makers' surnames include: Eagle, Earnshaw, East, Ebsworth, Edlyne, Ellicott, Elliott, Etherington, Evans.
Makers' surnames include: Farmer, Farr, Faulkner, Faver, Fennell, Ferry, Field, Fitter, Fladgate, Flashman, Fleetwood, Fontaine / Torin, Fort, Foster, Frodsham, Froome.
Makers' surnames include: Galabin, Garner, Garon, Gerrard, Giroust, Goddard, Godden, Godfrey, Goode, Goubert, Gould, Grace, Grant, Grantham, Gray, Green, Greenhill, Gregg, Gregory, Grevill, Grey, Gribelin, Guepin, Guiguer, Gwilt.
Makers' surnames include: Haley, Hall, Hally, Halsey, Ham, Handiside, Harding, Harper, Harris, Harrys, Harwood, Hassenius, Hasenus, Hayle, Hebert, Hemings, Hemins, Herbert, Hester, Hewitt, Hewett, Heyes, Higgs, Hilderson, Hildeyard, Hill, Hindley, Hitchin, Hobart, Hoddle, Hodges, Holmes, Hough, Howes, Hubert, Hubson, Hughes, Humphreys, Hunt, Hunter.
Makers' surnames include: Ince and Mayhew, Ireland, Jackson, Jakeman, Jarratt, Jefferys, Jenkins, Jersey, Johnson, Jones, Jordan.
Makers' surnames include: King, Kipling, Kirk, Knight, Knottesford.
Makers' surnames include: Lagisse, Lamb & Webb, Lambert, Lampe, Land, Latham, Lee, Leroux, Lestourgeon, Lindsay, Liptrot, Loddington, Lowndes, Lumpkin.
Makers' surnames include: Macham, Maddock, Marchant, McCabe, McKensy, Man, Mann, Marchant, Margetts, Markham, Markwick, Marriott, Marshall, Martyn, Martin, Martineau, Mason, Massey, Massy, May, Mayhew, Maynard, Mayowe, Menis, Meriton, Michel, Miller, Mitchell, Mitchelson, Mondehare, Moran, Morrison, Mowtlow, Mudge, Murgatroyd, Murray.