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This series contains index cards compiled by Frances Tennant as the original finding aids for her slides collection. Used in creating this catalogue, they contain some extra information about the dials, such as their graphics and condition when received.

One card per dial. Set also includes some miscellaneous cards with notes. Each card gives dial maker's name, slide numbers, and detailed description of dial that includes: date, type, graphics, signature, main dial description, hemispheres, type of gilded gesso, date aperture, date dial on main dial, seconds dial on main dial, base paint, condition when received, date dial metal, date dial condition

This collection comprises over 2,000 framed 35mm colour slides with images of clock dials made mainly but not exclusively by Birmingham makers, taken by Frances Tennant. It also includes four boxes of index cards compiled by her, which were the original finding aids and which have been used in the compilation of this catalogue. The occasionally quirky descriptions of the dials are Frances Tennant's own.

Original binder label says "August 1993", but the earliest sale in the file is dated 25 October 1993.

Includes catalogues for summer/autumn 1981, winter 1989 and an undated one, which refers to Milo Mighell's 28 years in the business [c.1996].

A good striking dial clock by these well-known makers, the movement signed, numbered and dated.

A fine, early, one piece carriage clock with countwheel strike on a bell.

A good London mahogany longcase with pagoda top and arch brass dial with moonwork.

An early Viennese regulator in a case exceptionally high quality and elegance and with grande sonnerie movement of 8 days duration.

A good, small, inlaid mahogany timepiece.

A verge bracket clock in a small, bell-top case decorated with chinoiserie on a finely faded, red ground.

A very fine and exceptionally small ebonised bracket clock by this noted partnership.

A mahogany, banjo, clock barometer of the highest quality.

A London mahogany longcase of the highest quality.

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 good regency trunk dial timepiece with convex wood dial.

[With original case].

A fine and early, round-top, inlaid mahogany wheel barometer.

A very fine and exceptionally small mahogany longcase.

A very fine London mahogany longcase clock of the highest quality and in exceptional condition.

A fine and small, late seventeenth-century timepiece / alarm lantern with verge escapement and in exceptional condition.

A very fine and early mahogany trunk dial timepiece with engraved and silvered brass dial.

A very fine East Anglian longcase in oak and mahogany of best "London" quality

An elegant Vienna timepiece in a cherry wood case and with one-piece dial and cast "pie-crust" bezel.

A fine, large bracket clock decorated with chinoiserie on a red ground and with arched brass dial with two subsidiary dials.

A fine and small ebony-veneered timepiece with pull quarter repeat by this well-known maker.

A rare Regency striking trunk dial wall clock with engraved silvered dial.

[An unusual clock in a painted porcelain case.]

[An unusual clock in an engraved oval case.]

A longcase clock with 12-inch square dial in a walnut case of very good colour and figuring.

A good Regency mahogany bracket clock with rise and fall regulation and strike/silent.

A fine, small and very rare Act of Parliament or tavern timepiece in a "banjo" case with chinoiserie decoration by this famous maker.

A fine and small, repeating mantel clock in an ebonised case by this well-known maker.

A rosewood Vienna regulator timepiece of one month duration.

A fine, early and very rare Act of Parliament clock dated c.1795.

A good English dial with 12-inch engraved brass dial.

A fine and very rare Act of Parliament or tavern timepiece in a large "banjo" case and in a quite exceptional state of preservation.

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 fine and well-proportioned bow-front mahogany stick barometer with the very rare feature of an ivory cistern gauge.

A rare striking trunk dial with convex wood dial.

An exceptionally finely proportioned and very rare mahogany tear-drop wall timepiece.

A fine shield dial tavern timepiece decorated with gilt on a black ground.

A good mahogany bracket clock with brass dial, arched top case and repeating movement with verge escapement.

A fine rosewood chamfer top bracket [clock] with good brass decoration and original wall bracket.

A fine quality longcase decorated with chinoiserie on a green ground, all in an excellent state of preservation.

A fine and large skeleton timepiece of two weeks duration, with passing strike at the hour, elaborate and highly decorative plates and superbly figured marble base.

An exceptionally finely proportioned , bow-front mahogany stick barometer by this well-known maker.

A good, early nineteenth-century mahogany bracket clock with chamfer top and matching wall bracket.

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.

[A stick barometer]

A fine and small Regency bracket clock with a movement of the highest quality.

An exceptionally small, rosewood, striking bracket clock.

A good, round-top, open-fronted mahogany barometer by this well-known maker.

A fine and small panelled marquetry longcase clock with 11-inch dial by the Oxford member of this celebrated family.

A very fine West Country walnut longcase clock with moon dial and high water at London Bridge.

A fine and very large tavern timepiece elaborately decorated with chinoiserie on a black ground, with round dial and gilt numerals.

A fine and early seventeenth-century lantern clock, converted from balance wheel to anchor escapement.

A very rare and finely decorated tavern timepiece in a lacquered case of a unique banjo style.

A fine and rare "rooftop" Vienna timepiece with one-piece enamel dial.

A very rare oak longcase with arched top case in the manner of Holmes and Dutton and with finely proportioned brass dial.

A fine walnut longcase clock by this Master of the Clockmakers Company.

Ebony-veneered bracket clock with pierced bracket top, verge escapement and quarter repeating on five bells and with strike-silent.

A fine, engraved oval carriage clock with original gilding to the case and repeat strike on a bell, by this noted maker.

A fine and small two-day marine chronometer by this well-known maker.

A fine and rare miniature ship's bulkhead timepiece by these well-known makers.

A fine gilded carriage clock with petite sonnerie strike on bells, calendar and alarm.

A mahogany longcase with finely-painted arched dial with automata and a case of the best London quality.

A fine and small regulator by this ingenious maker.

An exceptionally fine mahogany trunk dial [clock] with 14-inch engraved brass dial by these noted makers.

An exceptionally fine mahogany musical bracket clock playing twelve tunes by this eminent maker.

A fine, small ebony veneered bracket timepiece with pull quarter repeat on two bells of about 1695.

Engraved carriage clock, quarter strike on bells.

A very fine mahogany trunk dial by this master of the Company with the rare feature of a "detached" dial.

A fine and very small mahogany longcase clock with round, silvered brass dial.

A longcase clock with moonwork and centre seconds in a pagoda-top case with chinoiserie decoration on a finely faded, brick-red ground.

An extremely rare, late seventeenth-century lantern clock with anchor escapement, two hands and in its original, highly distinctive oak tall case.

A very fine and extremely rare angle barometer with perpetual regulation of time by this leading instrument maker.

A fine, mahogany rooftop regulator with the rare feature of a one-piece silvered dial and movement of one-month duration.

A good, rosewood, four-glass clock with hour and 1/2 hour strike and platform lever escapement.

A fine eight-day chronometer by this celebrated maker.

A fine four-piece mahogany wheel barometer with 12-inch dial.

A fine and small rosewood Regency bracket clock with the rare feature of ting-tang quarter striking and complete with wall bracket.

A fine two-day marine chronometer by this excellent maker.

A very fine longcase clock with chinoiserie decoration on a green ground, all in an excellent state of preservation and with dial movement of matching quality.