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Long Case Clocks - With Pictures and Details of the Most Famous Examples
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This vintage book contains a interesting and informative treatise on long case clocks, being a detailed account of the history and development of these marvellous clocks complete with pictures and details of some of the most famous examples. This comprehensive and accessible guide will be of considerable utility to collectors and antique dealers, and it would make for a wonderful addition to collections of allied literature. Many antiquarian books such as this are increasingly rare and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this vintage text now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned introduction on the history of clocks and watches.
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Long Case Clocks - With Pictures and Details of the Most Famous Examples - Anon
LONG CASE CLOCKS
WHEN we examine the history of the long case clock we are confronted with a very big subject, and it is impossible in this volume to deal fully with the cabinet-maker’s side. The evolution of cases by successive generations of London cabinet-makers, has been fully dealt with by Cescinsky and Webster in their remarkable work entitled English Domestic Clocks,
and every one who handles old clocks would do well to purchase a copy of this most interesting book. They say, however, practically nothing about North Country or Scottish styles. For the purpose, for which this volume is written, it will suffice if only brief reference is made to the more outstanding types.
We have already noted that lantern clocks were not infrequently boxed in
with a view to rendering them more dust-proof, and the boxing-in of the weights and pendulum naturally led to the construction of long case clocks; but before entering into details a few remarks on various influences may not be out of place.
Between the years 1650 and 1750, London was the centre of the clockmaking industry in the same way that Sheffield has for a long time been the centre of the cutlery industry. This fact is chiefly attributable to London being the only large town at that time, and that it presented unequalled advantages for the sale of the clocks produced. Edinburgh, on the other hand, also proved a good centre, but to a lesser degree. Britten and Smith both mention the names of several first-class men who migrated to London and Edinburgh for business purposes just as rising
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