Clock Collection (#35)

16th Century German Town
Typical buildings of a late medieval German town

Hiccory Diccory Dock
Hiccory, diccory, dock, The mouse ran up the clock; The clock struck one, And the mouse came down, Hiccory, diccory, dock

WAGNER / LIEBIG / 1 / 1821
RICHARD WAGNER German composer as a boy, in 1821: his parents listen as he plays his first compositions Date: 1813 - 1883

C17 Striking Clock
A STRIKING CLOCK of the early 17th century : as the hours sound, the mans head moves and the animal at his feet jumps

C17 Table Clock
A TABLE CLOCK, of traditional octagonal design, combining practicality with ornament

C17 Clepsydra
A sophisticated form of CLEPSYDRA, in which the emptying of liquid causes a drum to rotate, which in turn causing the handles to move round the clock face

Husband Hogs Fire C1875
Realisation: the husband selfishly hogs the fire, while his wife stands by the window wondering where she went wrong

Mother & Daughters 1860S
Woman: dress with bishop sleeves, pleated ribbon trim, white cuffs, lace collar. Girls: short frocks cut low off the shoulders, broderie Anglaise trimmed drawers

Female Type / Vienna 19C
A young Austrian woman poses for her photograph

Mother / Chatterbox Dtr
A mother scolds her daughter for being a terrible chatterbox

Children / Nursery Clock
Three children in the nursery break off from their game of battledore and shuttlecock to admire the cuckoo clock

Watch & 2nd Pendulum
The mechanisms of the watch and second pendulum

Woman Sits by Fire / 1867
A woman sits before the fire, warming her toes

Balmoral from Driveway
A view of Balmoral from the driveway. Built in 1854 for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The clock tower is 100 ft tall

Flowers in Hallway
A chrysanthamum flower arrangement gives life and character to a hallway that might otherwise be rather featureless

Big Ben / Bell 1856
The bell Big Ben arrives at Westminster. It will chime the hours of St Stephens clock tower

ST PAULs CATHEDRAL 1930
The bottom half of the Cathedral is blackened with pollution

Ornamental Chimneys 1850
A selection of towers and chimneys with unusual architectural details

Classical Curtains 3
DRAWING ROOM WINDOW CURTAINS in the classical style, with heavy dust-attracting folds. A clock on a plinth and a statue on a pedestal complement the sash windows

Classical Curtains
LIBRARY WINDOW CURTAINS complementing the classical ornamentation of the pelmet and the interesting little table with built-in clock

AULD LANG SYNE
Guests at the Savoy Hotel, London, join hands and sing Auld Lang Syne as the clock strikes midnight and the Old Year gives way to the New

Other Side / Alice / Glass
Alice looking through the looking glass 2 of 2 : the other side

Chinese Clepsydra / 14Thc
A Chinese clepsydra or water clock

Various Clock Faces
Lots of clock faces

NO TIME FOR DELAY
There is No Time for Delay ! Sell it with photographs by (Fred) Musto, the specialist for Advertising and Industrial Photography. You must know Musto !

Skimmington Riders
Dr Syntax with the Skimmington riders

German Watchmakers
A man and a woman, watchmakers or clockmakers, Black Forest, Germany

Embankment Sphinx
A sphinx on the Embankment, London, one of a pair made to compliment Cleopatras Needle, which was was brought from Egypt to England in 1878. The Shell Mex clock is behind it

Earthquake / Provence / 1909
A street in the village of Salon (South East France) after the 1909 earthquake. The clock in the background stopped at the moment of the earthquake

Astronomical Clock carved into the wall of the Salt Tower by Hugh Draper who was imprisoned there in 1561

Table Alarm Clock C17
A table alarum clock from central Europe, designed to strike a light at the appointed time

Act of Parliament Clock
When Pitt taxed clocks, Act of Parliament clocks were made with large faces for the convenience of persons who couldn t afford one of their own

Globe Clock C17
Globe or falling-ball clock by Jacob Beham of Vienna, now in the British Museum, London

German Alarm Clock
German alarm clock, now in the Victoria & Albert museum

Newsam Clock 1590
Clock made by Bartholomew Newsam, clockmaker to queen Elizabeth I

German Ship Clock
Ship clock made at Augsburg for the emperor Rudolph

Clock at Venice
Clock in the piazza San Marco, Venice

Wimborne Clock
The astronomical clock at Wimborne Minster, Dorset

Water Clock Egypt
Egyptian water clock : the passage of time was measured by water gradually emptying from the bowl through a hole

Watch Factory / Iln / 1884
WATCH AND CLOCK MANUFACTURE A watch and clock factory workshop in the rear of Bensons showrooms

First Clock
The First Clock - Clepsydra

Candle Clock
CANDLE CLOCK

Labour Exchange
LABOUR EXCHANGE at Camberwell Green, expectant claimants and busy officials

HUYGENS (1629 - 1695)
CHRISTIAN HUYGENS working on his invention of the first pendulum clock

The Bottle, 2 -- Cruikshank
The Bottle, scene 2 The family pawn clothing to pay for The Bottle

Saying goodnight to the new baby

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