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    British Clocks And Clockmakers
    British Clocks And Clockmakers
    British Clocks And Clockmakers
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    British Clocks And Clockmakers

    By Kenneth Ullyett

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    This antiquarian volume comprises a detailed guide to British clocks and notable clock makers. Written in clear, plain language and full of beautiful, detailed photographs, this is a volume that will be of considerable utility to antiques dealers and people with an interest in historical clocks. Although old, this book will be of timeless value to those with an interest in the subject, and it would make for a great addition to collections of allied literature. The chapters of this book include: A History Of Clocks And Watches, Past Present And Future, The Worshipful Company, Time Is Precious, and Short Bibliography. We are republishing this vintage book now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of clocks and watches.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateApr 16, 2013
    ISBN9781447498209
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      British Clocks And Clockmakers - Kenneth Ullyett

      LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

      PLATES IN COLOUR

      THIRTY-HOUR STRIKING AND ALARUM BRASS LANTERN CLOCK

      Jeffrey Bayley. Signed and dated 1653

      THIRTY-HOUR STRIKING HANGING CLOCK IN INLAID MARQUETERIE CASE

      Christopher Gould, c. 1690

      EARLY LONG-CASE CLOCKS

      Thirty-hour, ten-inch dial clock. Walnut veneer and inlaid boxwood stringing

      Thomas Tompion, c. 1675

      Second-and-a-quarter clock in inlaid marqueterie case. Thomas Harris, c. 1690

      Thirty-hour, portico-top clock in walnut case. Henry Crump, c. 1670

      EARLY LONG-CASE CLOCKS

      Thirty-hour striking clock with single hand and engraved dial plate. Ebony veneer on oak case. Early Daniel Quare, c. 1671

      Ten-inch dial, striking and alarum clock in marqueterie case. Joseph Windmills, c. 1685

      Long-case clock with skeleton silvered hour-ring cut away to show gilt dial. Walnut-veneered case. John Ebsworth, c. 1690

      LONG-CASE CLOCKS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

      Twelve-inch arch dial clock. Mahogany case. John Ross of Tain, c. 1780

      Early arch dial clock. Burr walnut case. Joseph Windmills, c. 1710

      Twelve-inch dial month clock with semi-sonniary striking. Daniel Quare, c. 1720

      ALARUM AND STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK IN EBONY-VENEERED CASE

      Henry Jones, c. 1685

      CHIMING MANTEL CLOCK WITH MOON-WORK, IN RED AND GOLD LACQUER CASE

      Thomas Turner, c. 1760

      ENGLISH WATCHES

      Gold watch with outer case of carnelian. Made by Strigner for James II, c. 1687

      Enamelled and jewelled gold watch. David Bouquet, fl. 1628–1665

      Gold repeating watch in open-work case. Thomas Tompion and Edward Banger, 1701

      BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS

      RYE CHURCH CLOCK, 1515

      Dial and Quarter-Boys

      Photograph by courtesy of the Society of Antiquaries of London

      INTERIOR DIAL OF WELLS CATHEDRAL CLOCK SHOWING JOUSTING KNIGHTS

      Photograph by courtesy of B. C. Phillips, Esq.

      NICOLAUS KRATZER, ASTRONOMER TO HENRY VIII

      Oil-painting by Hans Holbein, 1528 Louvre, Paris

      WATCH IN CASE AND COVER OF SMOKE CRYSTAL WITH DIAL OF ENAMELLED GOLD

      Michael Nouwen of London, 1609

      By courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum

      STRIKING CLOCK IN ENGRAVED SILVER-GILT CASE

      Bartholomew Newsam, c. 1590

      By courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum

      JEFFREY BAYLEY’S SIGNATURE

      Engraved on the brass lantern clock illustrated in the colour plate facing page 8

      WATCH SHOWING THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC, MOON PHASES AND DATE

      Shagreen case with gilt metal mounts Benjamin Hill, d. 1670

      By courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum

      LARGE SILVER WATCH INSCRIBED ‘PRO F.B. M.D.’

      James Markwick of London, 1720

      By courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum

      VERGE WATCH MOVEMENTS, c. 1700

      Quare, Fromanteel and Clarke

      By courtesy of the Director of the Science Museum

      BRASS TABLE CLOCK

      Daniel Quare, 1648-1724

      By courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum

      ENGRAVED DIAL OF A STRIKING CLOCK

      Edward East, 1610-1673

      By courtesy of the Author

      BRASS LANTERN CLOCK

      John Hilderson, c. 1665

      By courtesy of the Author

      MOVEMENT OF A VERGE STRIKING CLOCK

      Design engraved by J. Mynde from W. Derham’s Artificial Clockmaker, 1696

      TAVERN CLOCK IN TRUNK CASE, c. 1760

      By courtesy of the Director of the Victoria & Albert Museum

      HOOD OF LACQUERED LONG-CASE CLOCK

      James Markwick, c. 1720

      By courtesy of the Director of the Victoria & Albert Museum

      HANGING CLOCK

      Mahogany case with applied carved and gilt decoration, c. 1760

      By courtesy of the Director of the Victoria & Albert Museum

      DEAD-BEAT ESCAPEMENT

      Model of the escapement invented by George Graham, c. 1715

      By courtesy of the Director of the Science Museum

      CHRISTOPHER GOULD’S SIGNATURE

      Engraved on the hanging clock, illustrated in the colour plate facing page 9

      HARRISON’S FOURTH MARINE CHRONOMETER, 1759

      Winner of the Admiralty’s £20,000 reward

      By courtesy of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

      MOVEMENT OF THOMAS MUDGE’S TIMEKEEPER

      Engraving from A Description with Plates of the Timekeeper Invented by Mr. Thomas Mudge, 1799

      VERGE WATCH MOVEMENTS, c. 1700

      Mudge, Rogers and Weston

      By courtesy of the Director of the Science Museum

      HARRISON’S FIRST MARINE TIMEKEEPER

      Constructed 1729-1735

      By courtesy of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

      TURRET CLOCK MOVEMENT FROM ST. GILES’S CHURCH, CAMBRIDGE

      Originally designed for King’s College, Cambridge, by William Clement, 1671

      By courtesy of the Director of the Science Museum

      JOHN HILDERSON’S SIGNATURE

      Engraved on the lantern clock illustrated on page 25

      RYE CHURCH CLOCK, 1515

      Dial and Quarter-Boys

      PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE

      For our Time is a very shadow that passeth away.

      Quotation from the Book of Wisdom, 11, v.

      WITH characteristic doggedness, British clock craftsmen for 350 years have striven to perfect that curious

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