Zona de identificação
Código de referência
Título
Data(s)
- 1930–1973 (Produção)
Nível de descrição
Dimensão e suporte
110 files in 2 boxes and plan folders (0.5 linear metres)
Zona do contexto
Nome do produtor
História biográfica
Philip Thornton (1901–1975), born in Great Haywood, Stafford, was a horologist and a manufacturer of milling cutters for clock wheels and pinions. He was also an accomplished clock maker, designer and engraver. In the 1930s and 1940s he was engaged mainly in clock making and restoration, becoming an expert at the repeating mechanisms used by Tompion and his contemporaries. He made striking longcase clocks in Knibb’s style, and after the Second World War, in collaboration with Frodsham & Company, he made hump back carriage clocks with perpetual calendar in the style of Breguet, the first of which was presented to HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. His last creation was a Roman numeral striking clock, intended to be the first of a new series.
Entidade detentora
História do arquivo
These records were created and assembled by the horologist Philip Thornton. They were acquired by Rodney Law after Thornton’s death in 1975, when Law and David Burton took over Thornton’s business. On Law’s death in 2021, his papers were inherited by Michael Wright, who donated them to the AHS.
Fonte imediata de aquisição ou transferência
Donated to the AHS by Michael Wright in 2021.
Zona do conteúdo e estrutura
Âmbito e conteúdo
This collection comprises Philip Thornton’s reports, notes, sketches and tracings which document the repairs and restorations of mainly bracket clocks, carried out by him primarily in the 1930s and 1940s, with a few later instances. Most papers record the date of restoration and the name of the client. The files vary in size and content from single pieces of scrap paper to more comprehensive bundles containing condition reports and detailed large-format drawings. Many of the papers are in very fragile condition.
Avaliação, seleção e eliminação
Incorporações
Philip Thornton’s archive has been fully catalogued and no further deposits are expected.
Sistema de arranjo
The Thornton collection was originally deposited as one box of loose papers, grouped into numbered bundles relating to individual clocks and arranged mostly chronologically. This arrangement has been retained, with the original numbering preserved in the file reference numbers. Some file numbers have not been deposited. In the few cases were no original numbering was present, the files have been given alphabetical references. The collection is arranged into one series.
THO/01: Clock repair files
Zona de condições de acesso e utilização
Condições de acesso
These records are mostly available for public access by prior appointment. Records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 2018.
Condiçoes de reprodução
Idioma do material
Sistema de escrita do material
Notas ao idioma e script
English
Características físicas e requisitos técnicos
Many papers are in fragile condition.
Instrumentos de descrição
Instrumento de pesquisa gerado
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Existência e localização de originais
Existência e localização de cópias
Unidades de descrição relacionadas
Zona das notas
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Pontos de acesso
Pontos de acesso - Assuntos
Pontos de acesso - Locais
Pontos de acesso - Nomes
Pontos de acesso de género
Zona do controlo da descrição
Identificador da descrição
Identificador da instituição
Regras ou convenções utilizadas
Estatuto
Nível de detalhe
Datas de criação, revisão, eliminação
Línguas e escritas
Script(s)
Fontes
Nota do arquivista
Catalogued in May 2024 by the AHS Archivist.