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 |