ILLUSTRATIONS
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Brass Lantern Clock by John Bushman, 1680 Frontispiece
Chapter II.—The Brass Lantern Clock
Ship's Lantern of Silver (Danish) 47
Early Lantern Clock by Bartholomew Newsam 47
Seventeenth-century Brass Clocks, showing pendulum at front and at back 51
Brass Lantern Clock by Daniel Quare, 1660 55
" " " with two hands and anchor pendulum 55
" " " with long pendulum, chains and weights 57
" " " by Thomas Tompion (1671-1713) 61
Chapter III.—The Long-case Clock— the Period of Veneer and Marquetry
Long-case Clock. Maker, Jas. Leicester 75
" " " by J. Windmills, c. 1705 77
" " " enlargement of dial 77
" " " by Henry Harper (1690-5) 81
" " " by Martin (London), 1710 85
" " " in marquetry, "all over" style 87
Chest of Drawers (William and Mary period), showing use of marquetry clock panel 93-5
Chapter IV.—The Long-case Clock—the Period of Lacquer
Long-case Clock by Joseph Dudds (1766-82) 115
" " " by Kenneth Maclennan (1760-80) 117
Inn Clock by John Grant (Fleet Street), c. 1785 125
Chapter V.—The Long-case Clock—the Georgian Period
Long-case Clock by Henderson, c. 1770 133
" " " by Thomas Wagstaff, c. 1780 137
" " " by Stephen Rimbault, case by Robert Adam, c. 1775 139
Musical Long-case Clock (top portion) 143
Long-case Clock by James Hatton (1800-12) 145
Regulator Long-case Clock by Robert Molyneux & Sons (1825) 149
Enlargement of dial 149
Chapter VI.—The Evolution of the Long-case Clock
Brass Dial by Henry Massy, c. 1680 159
" " by John Draper, c. 1703 159
Enlargements of Dials by John Bushman and Henry Massy 163
English Wood-carving, Cherub's Head (seventeenth century) 167
Brass Spandrel from Clock, Henry Massy (1680) 167
Stretcher of William and Mary Chair (detail) 171
Brass Spandrel of Dial of Clock 171
Chapter VII.—The Bracket Clock
Bracket Clocks by:—
Sam Watson (Coventry), 1687. Joseph Knibb (Oxon), 1690 181
Thomas Loomes (London), 1700. Thomas Johnson (London), 1730 183
John Page (Ipswich), 1740. Godfrey Poy (London), 1745 187
Johnson (London), 1760. Thomas Hill (London), 1760 189
American Clock by Savin & Dyer (Boston), 1780-1800 193
Staffordshire Copper Lustre Ware Vase, with painted Clock Dial 195
Bracket Clocks by:—
Alexander Cumming (London), 1770. Anonymous, 1800 199
Barraud (London), 1805. Strowbridge (Dawlish) 201
Biddell (London), 1800. Anonymous (1800-15) 205
Ebony Table Clock, decorated with Wedgwood Medallions 207
Chapter VIII.—Provincial Clocks
Copper Token, Leeds Halfpenny, 1793 218
Long-case Clock by Gilbert Chippindale (Halifax) 219
" " " enlargement of hood 219
" " " by John Weatherilt (Liverpool) (1780-85) 221
" " " by Thurston Lassell (Liverpool), 1745 225
" " " by Henry Higginbotham (Macclesfield) 227
" " " by Heywood (Northwich), 1790 231
" " " by Thomas Wall (Birmingham), c. 1795 233
Copper Token, Joseph Knibb, Clockmaker in Oxon 236
Long-case Clock by Joseph Knibb (Oxon), c. 1690 237
" " " Georgian, Spanish mahogany, by Cockey (Warminster) 239
Brass Dial of Welsh Clock by Shenkyn Shon (Pontnedd Fechan), 1714 243
Iron Dial of Sussex Clock by Beeching (Ashburnham) 243
Long-case Clock, with oval dial, by Marston (Salop), 1761 245
Dials of Clocks by Marston (Salop) and Thomas Wall (Birmingham) 249
Chapter IX.—Scottish and Irish Clocks
Brass Lantern Clock by Humphry Mills (Edinburgh), 1670 259
" " " do. showing movement 259
Long-case Clock by Patrick Gordon (Edinburgh), 1705-15 263
Dial of Long Pendulum Clock by Jos. Gibson (Ecclefechan), c. 1750 267
" " " " enlargement, showing maker's name 267
Wall Clock, decorated in marquetry, by George Graydon (Dublin), c. 1796 269
Musical Clock by George Aicken (Cork), 1770-95 273
Regulator Clock, mahogany case, by Sharp (Dublin) 275
Chapter X.—A Few Notes on Watches
Old English Watches (Elizabethan, James I, Cromwellian, and Charles II) 283
" " (eighteenth-century examples) 287
Calendar Watch (seventeenth century) by Thomas Chamberlaine de Chelmisforde 291