The Wetherfield Collection of Clocks: A Guide to Dating English Antique Clocks |
Contents
Introduction page | 9 |
The Plates | 57 |
Notes concerning Makers | 237 |
Copyright | |
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anchor escapement apprenticed auxiliary dials barley twist pillars became bolt and shutter break arch dial Britten Burr walnut cartouche chapter ring clock in floral clock numbered Clockmakers Company concave moulding convex moulding crown wheel Daniel Quare date aperture Dial 11in 28cm Dial 12 Dial 12in 30cm dial plate domed top door earlier style eight-day striking bracket Eight-day striking longcase finials Flat topped hood floral marquetry foliage spandrels George Graham Guildhall Museum half hour ornaments half-quarter markers half-quarter ornaments Height 7ft hour hand Hurcomb inverted bell top John Joseph Knibb lantern clock large minute numerals London long pendulum mahogany maker's name makers mask and foliage minute ring mock pendulum Month striking longcase movement Museum numbered panels pattern plain pillars plinth quarter hour divisions Ringed winding holes seconds dial seconds ring shutter maintaining power square strike/silent striking bracket clock striking clock striking longcase clock Thomas Tompion veneer verge escapement winged cherub spandrels