A Guide to Dating English Antique Clocks

Eric Bruton

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Nag Press
01 March 2007

Reference; Clocks, chronometers & watches (horology); Antique clocks, watches, musical boxes & automata; Bargains

A Guide to Dating English Antique Clocks provides a unique pictorial record, as well as collated information, to help dealers and collectors to date English clocks by their case styles. Using examples from the famous Wetherfield collection - the greatest collection of entirely English domestic clocks ever made by a private collector - there are 220 separate photographs showing the whole range of designs. The longcase series is very representative and to fill gaps in the historical record of bracket (table) clocks, a series of style drawings is provided. In addition, the book specifically deals with dating a clock by its movement, dial and case, with guidance on 'improvements' and 'marriages', when a case and a movement do not belong to each other. There are also notes on the makes represented.

By: Eric Bruton
Imprint: Nag Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 291mm, Width: 202mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 1.000kg
ISBN: 9780719803604
ISBN 10: 0719803608
Pages: 262
Publication Date: 01 March 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

The Wetherfield Clocks; * Technical Features; * The Plates; * Lantern and Hanging Clocks; * Bracket Clocks; * Longcase Clocks; * Notes Concerning Markers of the Clocks Illustrated; * Marquetry and Veneering; * Cross-reference Guide; * Bibliography; * Index.

Eric Bruton first became interested in clocks while an engineer officer in the Royal Air Force. Over the years, he edited journals, including the Horological Journal, founded a weekly newspaper, Retail Jeweller, and a business selling clocks, watches and jewels, as well as writing a number of books on these subjects, including Collector's Dictionary of Clocks and Watches (also published by Hale). He was a Fellow and Councillor of the British Horological Institute, Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers and the Worshipful Company of Turners as well as an Honorary Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. He died in 2000.