GUINNESS COLLECTORS' SERIES
THE (iIJINNI~SS
BOOK OF
CLOCKS
ALAN SMITH
GUINNESS SUPERLATIVES LIMITED
2 Cecil Court, London Road, Enfield, Middlesex
Contents
Introduction 6
THE GOTHIC AGE
Clocks of the Middle Ages 9
RENAISSANCE SPLEN DOUR
Extravagance and Art 16
ART AND SCIENCE
Tradition and Revolution 31
BAROQUE EXUBERANCE
Monulllental Clockmaking 44
EUROPEAN ROCOCO
Fantasy and Precision 59
N EO-CLASSICISM
Elegance and Repose 74
EMPIRE AND REGENCY
Expanding Horizons 90
ART AND INDUSTRY: I
Gothic and Other Revivals 108
ART AND INDUSTRY : II
Renaissance Revivals and Art Notlveatl 12 5
M ODERN TIMES
Art Deco and the Electl'Onic Age 143
Glossary of Terms 155
Select Bibliography 162
Index 164
INDEX
References in bold type refer to illustrations.
A Baroque style. 44ff, 66, 69, 70 , 75 C
Aberystwyth, 153, 153 (revival). U 5, 130.129, also cover Caffieri,jacques, 63, 63
Act ofParHament clock (see clock) illustration Caillard; Paris, 79. 101
Adam, j ames, 74 . 76, 76 Barraud & Lund; Lo ndon, 127 calendar clock (see clock)
Ro bcrt, 74. 75. 76 , 77, 79 , 76 bamm:o, 44 ca lendar, perpetual. 118
style. 74. 77. 82, 8z (revival), 146 , 147 Barry, Sir Charles, 152 Calli opc. 76 , 78
Aesop's fables, 71 basalt p ottery, 77 capital. Roman, 32-
A esthetic Movement, 138, 14 I Bath, Pump Room at, 55,56 ,57. 67 carillon, 14
Akins, WiIliam H and Burrit t, Joscph C.; batons, 15 I , 153 C arney, Peter; London , 69, 70 ,80,8 1, 66 , 69
Ithaca . N ew York, 1 18 b atteries, '47 carriage clock (see clock)
alarm dock \see dock) Ba~lhau s , Weimar, 143, 148 cartel clock (se e dock)
alarum (see c ack) Beaminster, Dorset (gravestone). 54 carved column clock (see clock)
Alberti, Battista, r 6 Beardsley, Aubrey, 138 cascmakers' labels, 83, 103, 82 , ]04
Almanl1s, Bro ther Peter. I I Beallclerk, Lady D iana. 78 cassoleu e, 78
A/manllS M(tnI4Script , 1 1, 1 8 beehive clo ck (see clock) cast iro n cases, 133
America, C onnecticut docks, T 15fT, 13 1 Bell, Elizabeth (lettering all g ravestone), Castleton. Derbyshire, 79
Gothic style, 114, ll S, IIS 74,81, 75 Catalon ia. 35
importatio n of clocks from, 1 19 Bentim a Clock & Watch Compan y; cathedrale, ala (see dock)
War ofIndcpcndence. 90 Londo n. ' 49, 148 Cats, Jacob. 30
American clocks, 78, 87 . 90- 3, J 14ff Bentley. Thomas, 77. 78 Cellini, Benvenuto, 17, 18,2 2, 27 ,87
Amiens Cathedral, 10 Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo, 44 . 45. 5 T C elti csryle, 11 2, 128,137, 135
Treaty o f, T03 , 105 Berthoud, Ferdinand; Paris, R7 Centu ry Guild , 138
amorini, 53 between the wars-li fe and societ y, 143 cerami c clock case (see d ock)
Ampere, Andre-Marie, 110 Big Ben, 152. 152- Ceres,59
Andre-; Paris, 130, 131 Bing, Samuel, 138 chamber clock (see clock)
Anglo- American clock (see clock) bird~ ca ge clock (see clock) Chambers, Sir William, 79, 79
animals on clock cases, 61 Birmingham , Handsworth H eath Soho Chance Brothers; Birm ing ham . 11 2
Ansonia Clock C o mpany; N ew York, M anu factory, 78 Chamrey, Sir Fran cis Legatt, 1 I 1
II6 , I33 Black Fo rest clock (see clock) Chaplin, Charles, 143
Catalogue of, 133, I3Z,I37 ' blacks' (see dock) Modem Tim es, 143
'antique' styles of the 19th century, 108 Black smiths' C ompany; London, 30 Charles I, King o f England. 45
Apollo. 47 , 66, 76, 77, 84. J] O
Archer, Henry, 27 , z8
Blakeney, Lord, 71
Blois, France, 26 .,
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 18,26.
Arnold.Jolm; London, 87 blue-john stone, 79 Charles X. King of France, 94
Arnold and Lewis; Manchester, r 19,120, BlundclJ, Nicholas, 58 Charles, Professor of th e French
II9 Bonaparte, Joseph , 103 Academ y, 84
Arnoux, Louis, 128 Napo leon, 94, 98, 100 ch ateau-esque, 124-
3rt, new concepts of. 154 Bottger, J ohann Friedrich, 63 Chatenay; Versailles. 60. 67
Art Deco, 141, 143ff, 153 Bouch er, Frall~oi s , 60. 71,12 8, 130,131 Chen ey. Benjamin; East H artford, COlln.,
Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue of the Great Boulle, Andre-C harles. 4-R , 49 , 5 1. 59 , 49 ,50 9'
Exhibition , 108, 112, I13, I09 see also marquetry cherub's head, 42,53 . 54 , 55
Art Nouveau, Ill, 134 , I 37ff, 143,136 Boulton , Matthew, 74-. 78, 79 , 80, 79 , 101 China, 57
' Art' pottery, 129 Bowes,J ohn, 1fT Chinamania.63
Art Workers' Guild, 139 Boyle, C harles, Earl of Orrery, 94- Chinese Chippendale, 81
Arts and Crafts Movemcut, UI, 127, 134, Boyle, Richard, Lo rd Burling ton , 59 p agoda, Kew Gardens, 79
138. 139, 14 1 bracket clock (see clock) Rococo, 82
arcs and sciences in the 19th century. 110 Bramantc, Donato. 16, 17 Chinoiserie, 7 1
Ashbee, C. R., 138 Brazil, wood impo rted from, 88 Chiparus, Demctre. 144, 145
astrolabe, 25, 33 Breguet, Abraham-Lollis; P aris, 83 , 99, Chippendale, Tho mas, 69, 71. 80, 81 65
Athens. Tower of the Winds, 26 [06. 106 Tile Gentleman and Cabiner-Maker's
AUllOS dock (see clock) Antoine-Louis, 106 Director, 69, 65
ATO clock (see clock and also Hauo t) et Fils, 106 chrono m eter (see clock)
Augsburg. 19,20 Neveu C ompagni e, 106 Chronos,48
Augustus the Strong, 63 Brewster, E. C. & Co,; Bristol, C onn., cin em a architecture, 145, 153
Austrian Sezessio nist school, 134, 141 , 136 IIS Claudct & Hou gh ton; Lo ndon, 112, III
automata, 25. 66 Brewster & lngrahams; Bristol. Conn .• Clifton, Joseph; Lo nd on, 43
Aztec style. 144, 146 n 6 C lock, ala cathedrale, T 22
Britannia, 46 Act o f Parliament, 71
B British Empire Ex hibition, 153 alarm, 11, 151, 136
Bacchus,59 British H oro-Electric Ltd., 146 al arum, 11. 20. 58
Bado z, Louis; au Puy. 36 bronzed loo king gla ss dock (se/.' clock) Ang lo-American. 13 3, ]33
Bain, Alexander, 120, 120 Brown, J onathan c.:Bristol. astronomical. 82. 68, 83
A Short History of the Electric C o nnecticut, II5 Atmos, 149, 149
Crocks . .. 120 BruneI, Isambard Kingdo m , 110 ATO, 146 , 147, 148, 146
balance, t I Brunelleschi, Fillippo, 16, 17 allto m ata, 25,66, 2-4 , 102
b alloon, clock in the fo rm of, 83. 84 Buchanan. John; Ramsbo tto m, 153 banjo, 91 , I J 5, 92
banjo clock (see clock) Bulle clock (see clock) b eehi vc, 11 5
Bare, Ruth, 13 7, 13 9, 136 Buonarro ti (see Mi chelangelo) bird-cage, 15 , 29. 38
Barker, Mr David, 89 Burges, Wil1iam. 121 , 122, 124, 1]4, U [ Black Fo rest, 38, 119,13 1, 38, 117, lIB
Barker, William; Wi gan, 81. 81 Burnap, Daniel ; East Windsor, Conn., 9 1, ' blacks'. 133
Barnish, John; Rochdale, 103, 105 9 2 .9[ bracket. 48, 49,51 ,53 ,60,69,70, 73 ,
barometer, 82, 83 Buys, Jacobus, 66 8 1, 92,66 , 69 , 81
Index
bronzed looking glass, 93 plastic cased, 136. ]50 desk clock (see clock)
Bulk 146, 148, 147 plate glass. 99, 98 D es tig ny, Pierre Daniel ; Rouen, 98
calendar. lIS, 116 portable, 43 DeS fi)l, 144. 154
carriage, 151. 149 porti co, 94. 104 , 148 ,98 , [or di als, 42, 48[[, 53.54, 55
cartel, 60, 63, 70, 71,70, 71 precision, 83 , S7, 11 9 analogue, 152
carved column, 93 p yx, 112, 135 break arch, 69
ceramic case, 11 4. 125. 126, 129, 84 , 85 . reglllateur, 60, 87, 88, 89, 98, 11 9. 146, digi tal, 152
86 , 125.127. 129 (a/so iffllstratioH 011 149, 60 , 61 . 87, 98 (petit, 87) dom ino, 140, 141
book jacket), 136 regulato r, 88, 100, II9, 120, 99 , 100, enamelled copper, 83 , 99, 87,129
chamber, IT , 12, 13. 14.51' u8,119 illuminated, 152
chronograph, 151 rippled Gothi c, 116, liS painted, 81, 103, 93 . 95 , 105
chronometer, 71,72,73. 149. 72 , 149 Round Gothi c. 115, II5 skeleton iron, 152. 153 , [52
column, 11 7. 116 Selticon. 15T , 150 skelctonised, 144
Comtoise, 35 . 31l, 36 Sharp Gothic, ' 15, 115, 1I8 turret clock, 153
cornice and colu mn, 93 shelr, 92, ITR, 135 dial clock (see dock)
'cottage', I rS, 119. Il7 sh ip, 26, 24 Diana, 66, 99,128, 130
desk, 151, 150 skeleton, 87, 99, I l l , 112, 130, 99 , 113, D irector y, French. 94
dial, 103 u8 Doesburg, Theo van, 144
digital, 152, 153, I5! slate, 133, 132 The End of Art, 154
doll's head, 48 slave, 120, 120 doll's head dock (sec clock)
drop dial, 104, 133 station. 151 dolphin, 31, )2 . 32
drum, 27. 23 . 28 steeple, 115 D omini cal Letter, 25
early mechanical, 9 sten cilled colu mn, 93, 95 D ominice, J. - E.: Paris, 49, 50
electric, 146[[ stoelklok, 35, 3R, 35 domino dial (see dial)
Empire style, 93. 97 'swinger', 13], 137 D ondi, Giovanni di, 18, 19
equation, 55. 56, 56. 67 synchronous, 147 Astrario, IS
Eureka, 146, 147 tabernacle, 22 , 23 , 33 D oultons Limited, Lambeth, T29, 127
figure, 25, 27, 87. 94, 95 . 98. I44. 148, table, 43, 15 r, 42 , 70. 150 Downing. Andrew Jackson The
134, [45 tall, 90, ITS , 90 , 91 Architectllre ojCOIl1ltry HOllses, 114, [[5
four g lass, 146 tavern, 71, 104 Dresden Court O rchestra, 6)
fo ur poster, 29. 35, 36, 38 terra-coua, m odel in. 49 drop dial clock (see clock)
girandolc.9 2 tete de poupee, 48, 49 drum clock (st'e clock)
globe, 27 transparent, 99, 98 Dubois, Germaine; Paris, 84, 84
Gothic cham ber, 10, 12,1 3.14. 13 trunk dial, 104, J 33, In Dubois, 1. and Gayer, J., 64
Gothic framed, 12, 13, 13 tu rret, J4.5, 152, [52, 153 Duesbury, Willia m. 76
Gothic-on- rrame, I r 5 vase, 76
Hague, 38, 39, 39 VieHna regulator, 13 T , 13~ E
hexagonal, 26, 33 wall . r03, 131 ,92, 104, u6 , 120, 132, 133 East, Edward; London, 42 . 43, 40
hooded,35 wooden framed, ) R East India Co mpan y, 57
Japa nese, 36, 38, 33 , 37 C lo ck makers' Com pany, London, ) 0 Eastlake, Charl(.'s Lock Hints O,t HOllscilold
Kakedo kei, 37 Colcman :md C hapman; Liverpool, 100, Taste, 121
lacquered, 57, 58 103, [04 , IOJ Earnshaw, T homas; London, 87
lantern, 29, 3 I, 32, 35, 36, 3R, 29, 31 column clock (sec clock) ebenistes, 48, 5 I , 60, 83
light, 149, 149 Co mtoise (sce clock) Edict o fNantes, 39
longcase. 42, 49, 53,54,55,60,7 1,81, Condliff,Jamcs; Li verpool, 100. 99 Edinburgh, 120
83 , 90.9R, T03, 119, 40, SI , 52, 56 , Cookc, W. F. , IT O Scott M em orial. T I I, Il3
58,60 , 65 , 71 ,80, 82,83 , ]04, 105, corni ce and column clock (sce clock) Edwardian sty le, 141 , 143 . 146, 142
]36, 142 Corshal1l, Wiltshire. discovery of Edwards,james; Stourbridge, 130,128
looking glass (New Hampsh ire), 93 Tampion sundial, 56 Egyptian taste, 100, 144 . 99 , [00
lyre, 51.84,87, 85 . 93 C o ster, Salomon. 3R. 39 El Greco. 18
mains, '4 4, 147, 148 Cotcall, J ean, 99 electrical power, importance of, 147
mantel, 48, 60, 73 , 83, H4 , 1)7. 8y. 93 , 'cottage clock (see clock) electronic clocks, 152, 154 '
98 ,103,104, 11 0,11 9, 122, 127, 133. craftsmanship, 122 Elizabeth [, Queen of Eng land. 27. 30
140, '44 , 145, 149, 34 , 49 , 62. 77 , 79. C ressent. C harles, 59 Eliz::abethan style, 125
84. 85 , 86,88 , 94, 95 , 97, 98 . 99, 101 , cresting, 52 EJl! cott, John; Lon don, 71 , 71
103, Ill , 114. lIS . n6, II7. 118, Cronicr, J ean-B aptis t c-Fran ~ois; Paris, 89, E11l 0tt, F. W, ; London. 127, 126
120, 12J. 125, 126, 127, 129. 131, 60, 88 Empire style, 9Off, 93, 94, 117, 130, 116
IJ2, 135, IJ6 , ]38, IJ9, ]40, 144, Crystal Palace. London, 108, 110 (revival). I4 R
145 , 146, 147. 148. 149 cupids, winged, 53 , 66, 76. 128, 6J enamelled copper (sce dial)
marblized , 13 3 Cymric, 139, 138 engravings. used for case decoration. 71
Massachusetts shelf (sometimes called epergne, 59, 61
case-an-case), 92, 94 D equation of time, 54, 55
master, 120, 120 Daniels. George, 107 dial, 55
monastic, 9. 11 Dante. AlIighieri, Divinr Comedy, 15 clock (sce clock)
mons trance, 27 Darwin, C harl es Roberc, 110 table, 56
Morbier,3 5 David, Jacques-Louis, 94, 98 Eros.66
musical, 103, 29 , 62 , 102 Davy, Humphrey, 110 escapemen t, earl y, 9
Napoleon's ha t style. 149, 148 days. mean, 55 visible, 133
nef, 26, 24 solar, 55 Etruria, Stoke-an-T rent. 77 , 78
'octagon', 118, 117 decals, T 18 Eureka clock (see clock)
o-gee, 119, 135 De1aune, Etienne, 27 Eureka Clock Company Li mited, 147
organ. 66, 65. ]02 O e1Ja Robbia fam ily, Florence, 137 Evans. William Frederick; Handswo rth,
orrery. 94. 96 D ella Robbia Pottery C ompany. 130, 113
pedestal, 49, 66, 50 , 65 Birkcnhead, 137, 139.136 Everell.John; London, 69, 70, 66, 69
pendulc longue ligne, 51 ,60. 50 D enon, Dominiquc-Vivant, 100 Everett Edgcumbe & Company Limited,
pendule squelette, 99 D epression o f the 1930s, 145 London, 148, 148
pendu le sympathique. 106. 107, ]06 D erby porcelain (see porcelain) Exposition l!l(ern::ationale des Ans
pill ar, 36, 84, 37, 84 design, standards of, 142 D ecoratifs et Industrie1s M odernes;
pillar and scroll. 92 , 93, I TS, 95 design s fo r clocks, 49 , 141 Paris, 143
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Index
F Grimm, Paulus; Nuremberg. 20, 23 Japanese prints, 134, 33
Fantin-Latour, Henry, 134 Groningen, 35 japanescstyle, IH, 141, 137
Far East, 58 Gropius, WaIter, 143 japanning. SR, 60, 58 , 71
Faraday. Michacl. 1 10 Gruning, J. George, 66, 65 jasperware pottery, 77, 77 , 79
fa shion, as a selling point, 73 Guild and School of H andi craft, 13H jensCll, Gerreit (known as johnsoll,
Favre-Bulle et Cic.; Do ulogne, 145, 147 guild system, 19 Garrctt), 52
Pavre-Bulle. M ., 146 Johnson, Thomas, 71, l jO New Designs 70
Feast Da ys, 25 H j oh nston, Ed ward, 140 '
Feno, Thomas; London, J 1,32,31 Haas, Philip and Sohne; St Georgen, j o nes, A. Edward, Ltd. , Birmingham,
figu re clock (see dock) Black Forest, 117 139, 142, 138
Finney, Joseph; Liverpool, 82, 83 Hague clock (see clock) Jones, Gray & Co.; Liverpool, 100,99
First World War, 125, 139. 140, 143. 145 Hague, The, Holland, 45 jones, Irugo, 41 ,59
Flaxman,john, 77. 78, 128 Hall, Sir Benjamin, t 52 j ordan, john; London, 58
Flora, 59 Hamilton, Gavin, 84, 76 jugendstil, 138
Florence, 16 Hamilton, Sir William, 77 jump, Richard Thomas; London, 119, uS
Cellinj's Perseus, 22 d'Hancarville, Baron Collectio1J of Etruscan, Junghans Uhrenfabrik; Germany, 133
Foundling Hospital, 16 Greek and Roman Antiquities .. ., 77
Pazzi Chapel, 16 Hardman Powells; Birmingham, 139 K
foliot, 11 Harewood House, Yorkshire. 75 Kakedokei (see clock)
Forestville Manufacturing Company, Harland, Thomas; Norwich, Conn., 9T Kandler,johann]oachim,63
Bristol, Conn., 116 Hartison, Tohn; London, 71, 72 , 87, 72 Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire, rotunda at, 76
Fartier, Alexandre; Paris, 66, 68 Haseler, W. H; London, 13 9 Kelly. Miss Alison, 78
Fothergill, T ahu, 78 Hattot, L eon (A TO), 146, 146 Kent, William, 59
four glass dock (see dock) Hawes, j ohll H . H.; Ichaca, N ew York. 118 Kienzle; Germany, 149, 149
four poster clock (see clock) Haycock Brothers; Ashbourne, Kinable; Paris, 85
Fragonard, Jcan-H onore, 128 Derb yshire, 130 Kirk, William; Stockport, 81, 82, 80
Franche Comte, 3.5 He1iomat, 149 kitsch, 143 , 144
Franco-Prussian War, 122, 128 Henry VIII, King of England, 27, 28 KJirnt, Gustave, 141
French clock movcmClHS, availability of, Hepplew hite, George; London Tile Knapp, John; Reading, 53, SS
026 CQbinet· MakN' and Upholsterer's Guide, 93 Knibb,joseph; London, 51, 52, 54, SI , 52
Ftiesland, 3.5 Hcpworth, Barbara, 151 Knibb, Samuel; London, 43 , 42
Fromanteel, Ahasucrus. 3R. 4 1.42,43.44. 40 Herculaneum. 74 Kllox, Archibald. 139, 138
functionalism. 72 Hercules, 47 Kolditz day, 63
furniture, clocks fi tted in, 66. 12S. 64, H7 Hermcs,56 Koryusai, 33
herms, 56,67 Kratzer, Nicholas. 27
G H eroldt. Christian Fricdrich, 63 Kyo to, 36
Galilei. Galileo, 38 Hokusai, r 34
Vincenzo,3 8 Holbein, Hans. 27, 27 L
galvanometer, 120, II9 Holloway & Co., 133 label, American clock, 93, 104, 1I8
Gardner, Thomas; London, 74 , 73 Holy Roman Empire, 19 casemakers', 83, 103, 82 , 104
Gamier, Tony, 72 Homer, 95 lacquer decoration, 57, 58, 60, 66, 104
garniture de chemin cc, 63, '34 , 62, 135,137 hooded dock (see clock) lac9uered clock (see clock)
Garon, Peter; London, 52, 53 Hooke, Robert, 57 Lahque, Renc Jules, 147
Gavelle l'aine; Paris, 86 Hoopes. Penrose R, 91 Lambeth School of Art, 129
gearing, epicyclic, 130, 128 Hope, figure of, 76 Lancashire clocks, 8 r, 82
George n, King o f England, 73 Hope, ThomasHollsehold Furtlitllre and Lancret, Nicolas, 71
GeorgeUI, King of England, 79, 82, 87,90 Decoration, 100 lantern clock (see clock)
George IV, King of England, l OO, 104 horIoges,9 'Larum Pendulum', 58
Georgian style, 59, 80, 83,92 ,1 03, 119 HoYlogers du Ray, 63 . 98 Lassus, ].-B.-A., 122
gerandole, 7 [ Horta, Victor, 138 latten, 29
gesso, 58, 93 Houderine, H. ; Paris, 125 (also illustration Lalz, jean-Pierre, 60, 60
Gibbons, Grinlin{;, 48, 53 on bookjacket) Lawrence. D. H. The Plumed Serpetlf, f 44
Gide, Xavier; Pans, 106 H oulbrook, H enry; Liverpool, 103 L'Echopie, Adam; Paris, 83, 84, 84
Gilbert, William L; Winsted, Conn., J 16 hours, canonical, 11 lenticle,5 I
Gillows of Lancaster, 93 H ugenot refugees, 39 Le Paute, Jean-Andre; Paris, 87
Gilman, Bcnjamin Clark; Exeter, N ew Humanism, 16 Lerolle freres; Paris, 135
Hampshire, 90, 90 Hunt & Roskcll; London, 112, 114. 135 Le Roy, juliell; Paris, 63, 63
girandole (see clock) Huxley, Aldous, J 44 Le Roy, Pierre; Paris, 71, 87
Glasgow School of An, 140 Huygens. Christiaan, 38, S5 Lethaby, William Richard Form ill
glass, pressed panels, 147, J46 Civilisation: CoIlected Papers Otl Art alld
glass shades for clocks, 112, IJ2 I Labour, 142
globe clock (see clock) Impressionlst and post-Impressionist letter of purchase for a clock, 89
gods and goddesses, mythological, 48 painters, T34 lettering, 43, 74, 93,104,140
Godwin, E. W., 134. 142 Ince, William and Mayhew,John, 69 Gothic, 122, 124
Gothic chamber clock (see clock) 'Indian' taste, 57 Uncial,122
Gothic-on-frame clo ck (see clock) industrial design, 19th century reaction Leyland, Frederick R., 134
Gothic revival, 104, 108ff, 119, 120, 121, against, 120, 121 Liberty & Co., London, 139, 142, 138
124 , U5, 128,106, Ill , 113, II4, 115. Ingraham, Elias; Bristol, Conn., I I4 (Cymric) Limited, 139
120. I2I , 123. 135 Ingres, jean-Auguste-Dominique, 94, 98, Liberty, Arthur Lasenby, 139
Gothic style, 9ff, 81, 110 128 Lieutaud, Balthazar, 88, 87
Gothick, 9, 74, 80, 81, 80 interior design, 75 light-emitting diodes (LED), 152
Graham, Geo rge; London, 56 Linschoten, van, 57
gravestones, lettering on, 74, 8 r, 75
Great Exhibition o f1 85 1, 108, 120
J liq uid crystal display (LCD), J 52
Lister, Thomas; Halifax. 82, 82
Jacobean style, 125
G reek style, 941T,98 , 100, 103, 112, 119, 148 jaeger-le-Coultrc; Switzerland, 149 Litchfield Manufacturing Company;
G reenwich, 120 James 11, King of England, 45 Lichfield, Conn. , 116
Banqueting H all, 47 Janvier, Antide; Paris, 87, 98, 98 Litherland, Davies & Co.; Liverpool. 104,
9ueen's H ouse, 41 Japan work, 58 106, 110, 105
[lme at, 71 Japanese clock (see clock) Liverpool. tides at, 82
166
Index
Lock, Matthias and Copland, H A New Moore, Henry, 15 1 pendulum, JT, 35, 38, 39. 41, 48
Book of Ornaments, 71 Morbier clock (see clock) compound, 133
London Banqueting House, Whitehall. 41 More, Sir Thomas, 27, 27 grid-iron, 87, 98 , 1I9, 87, 101
Great Fire of, 3 I, 44- Moreau, Aug:uste, 134, 134 half seconds, 87
Hampton Court Palace, 48 , 49 . 52, 47 Morris, Willlam, 121, 122, 134, 13 7, 138 'mock', 69, 70
Kew Gardens, 79 Mortlock, John and Company; London, Royal, or seconds, 42, 49
New Exchange, 31 129,137, 127 temperature compensated, 71, 98, 101
Palace of Westminster, I TO, 152 Mostyn clock, 44, 46, 47, 48, 51, 53, 34 wooden, 89
St Paul's Cathedral, 44-. 48, 53.45 Lord Mostyn, 44 Perivale, 149
Somerset House, 79 Mougin; Paris, 137 perspective, 16, 29
Wembley Stadium, 153 Moulin, M., 146 Pevsner, Dr Nikolaus High Victorian
Westminster Abbey, 56 Mucha, Alphonsc, 13 8 Design, 125
long case clock (see dock) Mudge, Thomas, 87 pier glass, 61
Longitude, Board of, 7J Muses (mythological), 76 pillar clock (see clock)
London, John C1alldtUs An Encyclopaedia musical clock (see clock) Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 75, 84
of Cottage, Farm and Viila Architecture plastic cased dock (see clock)
and Furniture, 114- plate glass clock (see dock)
Louis XIV, King of France, 44, 45. 48, 53. N Pluto and Persephone, 22
57
Nagasaki, 36 Pompeii,74
revival of Louis XIV style, 146 Nagoya,3 6 PopAn, I5 I
Louis XV, King of France, 60, 61 Napoleon (see Bonaparte) porcelain, 60, 63, 83, 89, 125
Louis XVI, King of France. 83. 87. 94,128 Napoleon's hat clock (see clock) Berlin, 63
Louis-Philippe, King of France, 94. 122 Napoleon rn, Emperor of the Second biscuit, 86
Lunar Society of Birmingham, 78 French Republic, 122 bone china, 125
lyre clock (see clock) nef dock (see clock) Bow, 61
lyre, Greek, 84 Nco-Classical style, 74ff, 93. [25, 128, 131 Chantilly, 63
(revival),146 Chelsea, 61
New Art (see Art Nouveau) Chinese, 57, 63
M N ew Hampshire looking glass clock (see
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie, 134, 138 , Derby biscuit, 76, 87, 77
clock) enamelled, 88, 135
140, 14 1, 143,1 51,140,141. 144 New Haven Clock Company, New
Mackmurdo, Arthur H. I3 8 Far Eastern, 61, T34
Haven, Conn., II7 Frankenthal, 61, 63
Magdalen Cup. 54 Newby Hall, Yorkshire, 75
mains clock (see dock) Fiirstenburg, 63
N ewcomen, Thomas, 39 hard paste, 57, 63
maintaining power. 89
Newsam, Bartholomcw, 27 Meissen, 61,63, 62
Mangiarotti and Marassutti. IS I, ISO nineteenth century eclecticism, 125, 131
Mannerism. J7, 18, 20. 39, 44. 53, 23. 33 Nymphenburg, 61, 63
numerals, arabic, 142, 149 Paris, 129,129
Mansart.Jules-Hardouin,44 Nuremberg, 20
mantel dock (see clock) pate-sur- patc, 128 , 127
Manucl I. King of Portugal, 57 St Cloud, 63
Sevres, 84, 86, 89, 128,84, 8S
marblized clock (see clock)
Marc, Henri; Paris, 122, 123
o soft paste, 62
'octagon' clock (see clock)
Marot. Daniel, 45. 46. 46 unglazed, 87
a-gee clock (see d ock) Vincennes, 61, 63 , 62
marquetry. 48ff, SI, 52, 49 Ohm, George Simon, I TO
arabesque, 52,53 portable dock (see dock)
Olbrich,josefMaria, 141 Porter, Edward and Levi; Waterbury,
Boulle type. 49, 51, 52, 60, 107, 146, Oliver, Charles; Spalding, 103
49,5 0 , 106 Conn·,92
Olympus, gods of. 47 portico clock (se e dock)
endive. 52 Oppenord, Gilles-Marie, 59
oystershell, SI Powers, T. B., 146
organ clock (see clock) Prague. 20
premiere, seconde and contre-partie, 49 Oriental taste, T44
seaweed,52 precision clock (see clock)
Orleans, Due de, 106, 107 Preiss, F.• 144, 14-8, 145
Tunbridge type. 133 Orpheus clock and legend, 22, 76, 23
Marriott, John (lettering on gravestone), Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, 122, 137
Eurydice, 22
74 orrery clock (see dock) Prince RCf~ent, 100
Martin family (see vemis Martin) Protestanc-refugees,3 0
Osaka,36
Martinot; Paris, 49 Pugin, A. W. N., 110, 112, 139
Oxford, St Mary the Virgin, 51,52
Mary, Queen of Scots, 20 putti, 53
mass-production of clock cases, 137 Pyke, George; London, 66, 102
Massachusetts shelf clock (see clock) p pyx clock (see clock)
Mayo, W.;Manchester, 130, 128 Palace ofDiocletian, Split, 74
mediaeval period, 9 Palladianstyle, 41, 59, 75, 80, 81, 125 Q .
Meissonnier, Juste-Aurele, 59, 60, 61 Palladio, Andrea, 41 Quare, Dame!; London, 54, 55 ,56
Mercer, Thomas, Chronometers Limited; Pallas,47 quartz-crystal movements, 147
Cheltenham, 149, 149 Paris, 26,94-
Mercury, 56,66,78 Hall of the Marchands-Drapiers, 39, R
Mexican art, 144 39 railways, advent of. I ID
Michclangelo Buonarroti, 17, 18. 41 Jardin des Tuileries, 84 Raingo Freres; Paris, 94, 96
micro-chip technology, effect of, 149 Louvre, 45, 63 Ramsbottom, St Andrews, 153
Middle Ages, 9 Notre Dame, 122 Rathbonc, Harold, 137
Minerva, 63, 63 St Louis des Invalides. 44, 44 Ravrio, Antoine; Paris, 97
Minton, Herbert, 128 Patek-Philippe; Switzerland, 149 Reading, 53
Mintons Limited; Stoke-oil-Trent, 125, patent timepiece (see banjo clock) Regency style, 90ff, 100, 103
126,127, [28, 134, 125 pattern books, 69 regulateur (see dock)
mirror glass. use of, 148 Paxton, Sir Toseph, 108, lID regulator (see dock)
modern materials, 144 Peacock, John and Stevens, Henry, 29 Renaissance, Early, I6ff, 125
monastic dock (see clock) pedestal clock (see clock) European, 27[[
Monbro 61s; Paris, 135 P eking, Portuguese embassy at, 57 High, 17,25,39
Mondrian, Piet, 144 pendule longue ligne (see clock) Italian, 17, 18,35,1 14
Montgol6er, Joseph and Eeiellne, 83 pcndulc squelette (see clock) revival styles, II2 , 124, I25ff, 123, 135
Montgolficre, 83, 84 pendule sympathique (see clock) repeat striking, 152
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Repean, Humphrey, 57 Sperry and Shaw; New York, 135 vase clock (see clock)
Restoration, 57 Staffordshire pottery firms, 129 veneer (see marquetry)
Revolution, French. 8). 94. 106 Stalker,john and Parker, George Treatise Venus, 131
Rietveld. Gerrit, 144 ofJapanning and Varnishing ... , 58 and Adonis, 87, 86
rippled Gothic (see clock) station clock (see clock) and Cupid, 125,126, IZ5
Robbia, Andrca deUa, S3 steeple clock (see clock) Vereenigde Oestindischc Compagnie, 57
Roberts, K. D., 114 stencilled column clock (see clock) verge, 11 ,35,4-9
Robin, Robcrt; Paris, 87. 88, 89. 87 Slile Liberty, 139 and fo lio t, 36, 70
Rococo style, 59ff, 74, 75. 80, 81,87.9 1 stodklok (see clock) vernis Martin, 60, 67
(revival). 120, 12 5, 1)0, no StoUewcrk, Michd, 66, 68 Versailles, 63, 94-
Rohe, Mies van der, 140 Stone, Nicholas, 51,52 Vesuvius, 74
Rolls-Rayee mascot, t 45 stoneware, salt-glazed, T29, IZ7 Vicenza, Villa Capra, 41
Roman taste, 74, 7S vitreous, 77 Victoria, Queen of England, 125
ornament, J 2 5 Storr, Marmaduke; London, 70, 71,70 Vienna regulator (see clock)
Romanesque style, 11 2, 135 Stra·sbour\\, 20 Vienna Sezession (see Austrian ... )
Romantic movement, 94 Strutt, Wi iam, 130, 128 Viger, Franr;ois, 61,62
Rome, ruins in, 74 styles, 19th-century battle of, T 10 Vinci, Leonardo da, 38
StPctcrs, 17,44. 5', 17 sundial, 55 , 57 Violet-le-Due, E. E. , 122
Tempietto S Pietro in Momoria . r6 'swinger' clock (see clock) Vitruvius, 28
Palazzo Farncse, 41 synchronous clock (see clock) Volca, Alessandro, 110
Villa Colonna, 32 Synclock, 148, 148 Voysey, C. F. A. , 138, 139, 140, 141, 139
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 122, [34 Syon House, Middlesex, 75 Vulliamy, Benjamin; London, 76, 77. 78,
Rouen,26 79,80,87,77,79
round Gothic (see dock) T portrait of, 76, 77
Rousseau, jcan-Jacqucs b ltlile. 98 tabernacle clock (see dock) Benjamin Louis, 80, 79
Rowlandson, Thomas, 104, 105 table clock (see clock) juscin,7 6
Rowley, John; London, 94 tablets, 91 , 93, 118, 119, 116, 135
Rayer-Callard, Mr F. B., r)o Talbott, Thomas; Nantwich, 55
RudolfIl, Emperor, 25
W
Tardy, 59 wall clock (see clo ck)
Ruskin, John The Selletl Lmnps of taste in the 19th century, 108 Walpole, Horace TIl e CtlStle oJOtramo , 8 1
Archite£lure, 124 Taveau Freres; Paris, 131 Ward, H enry; Blandfo rd Forum, 100, 100
tavern clock (see clock) Ware, Isaac A Complete Body oJ
S T empex, 14-6 ArclliteClure, 80 , 80
Saddleton, j. P.; King's Lynn, 103 , 104 Terry, Eh ; Plymouth, Conn., 91, 92, 95 Washington, George, 90
Sadler,John; Liverpool, 71 tete de poupee (see cl ock) Waterbury Clock Company; Warerbury,
St Helens Glass Company, 112- Thomas; Paris, 129 Conn., 119, 117
Stlacob in The Hagu e, 15. 14 Thomas, Setb; Thomas Town, Conn. , Catalogue of, 133 , 132
Sa dari,Joseph; M ataro. 36 llB, 116 Waterloo, Battle of, 94, 122
Salisbury Cathedral, IS Thornhill, Sir James, 47 Watteau, Antoine, 71
Schlottheim, Hans, 26 Tiffany, Louis Comfort, 138 (also Tiffany Wedgwood,josiah. 74, 77, 78, 80, 79, 101
Schuller; Paris, 130, IJI &Co.) W elch, E. N. Manufacturing Compan y;
Scott Memorial clock, t 1I , 130, 113 TijOll, lean, 48, 49,52, 4-7 Forestville, Conn. , 117, 118, u:6
Scott, Sir Waiter, I I I time, decimal, 98 Westminster chimes, 127,126
sculptors, 83 equation of, 54 Westminster Clock, 152 , 152
Second World War, 149.1 51 Greenwich, 71, 152 Wether field Collection, 51
secretaire, clock fined in, t 21, 64 , 121 mean, 54 Wheatstone, Sir Charies, T 10
Selticon (see clock) T ime, figure of Father, 48, 66, 89 , 49 Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, 134
Scrlio, Scbastiano, 28 timekeeping, Italian, dl Widenham, R.; London, III
Sezessionist sty~ (see Austrian japanese, IT, 36. 38 Wigston, William; D erby, 130, 128
Sezessionist) mediaeval, I I Wilde, Oscar, 138
shades, glass for clocks, t 12, 125, Ill. Tintoretto, 18 Willard Brothers; Roxbury, Mass. , 9 1, 92
Sharde1oes, Bucks., 75 Titus clock, 78 , 79 , 101 Aaron; B oston, 94
Sharp Corporation ofJapan, 151 Tokyo, 36 William ID, King of England, 44, 45, 34
sha rp GOdlic clock (see clock) Tompion, Tho mas; London, 41 , 42 , 43, and Mary, 47
shelf clock (see clock) 44,46 ,54,55,5 6 ,57, 34, 40 , 57, 67 William IV, K ing o fEn gland, 104
Sheraton. Thomas; London, 92 , 103 Torriano, Gianello, 18, 21 Williamson,Joseph; Lond on, 55
(revival). 146 touch pieces, 20 Wilson, james; Birmingham, 90
ship clock (see clock) trade card, 73 Winckelmann,JohannJoachim,74
Shute, John Th e First and ChifjGrofmdes of transparent clock (see cl ock) Windsor C astle, 80
Architecture, 28 Treaty of 1786, 78 Win ward's New 8-day Railway Alarm,
Sim mancc, Eliza, 129, 127 trunk dial clock (see clock) IIS
skeleton clock (see clock) Tschirnhausell, Ehrcnfried Walthcr von, Wood, E. J. Curiosities of Clocks & Watch es ,
slate clock (see clock) 6J T07
slave clock (see clock) Tunbridge ware, 133 wooden-framed clock (see dock)
Smith, Charlotte, r07 turret clock, 14-, IS, 152, 153 Woolley, Sir Richard, 56
Smith, George A Collection oJ Designsfor Twickenham, Strawberry Hill, 8 1 Womum, Ralph Nicholas, 108
Household Furniture and Interior twist- turning, 51,51, 51. Wren, Sir Christopher, 44, 45, 47, 48,
Decoration. TOO Tyler, Mr E.j. , 133 12 5, 45
Smith, John H orofogica/ Dialogues, 43 typefaces, 93. 104 Wright, Thomas; London, 80, 79
Smith, John & Sons; London, 130
Smiths English Clocks Ltd.; London, 148, U y
148 United States (see America)
Soho Manufactory, Handsworth Heath , 7K Yorkshire docks, 81, 82
Solls, Virgil, 22, 27 V
Solon, Marc-Louis, 128, 1]4, 127 Vaillam; Paris, 97 Z
Spanish lantern clock (see lantern clock) Vallin, Nicholas;prob . Lo ndon, 27, 28 , 29 Zodiac, .20
Sparks, J ohn, 129 varnishing, 58,60 sig ns o f, 87, 98,99, 99
Index compiled by the author.
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