The French ormolu mantel clock, production and technique in the 18th and 19th Century.
This article is based on a part of a lecture held in September 2017 here in our gallery in Amsterdam. In it the production process of the French ormolu mantel clock will be explained and which workmen were responsible for…
The developement of the French carriage clock, part 2.
This is the second and final part of my piece on French carrage clocks based on the lecture that was eld here in our shop in September 2016.
The development of the French carriage clock.
The clocks collection of Gude & Meis includes a wide range of carriage clocks. Therefore it seemed useful and fun to give a lecture on the development of these clocks. This article is the written version of this lecture which was…
Edward John Dent, how a chronometer maker made the turret clock of Big Ben, part 2.
This is the second and final part of the written version of a lecture that I have held in May 2016 here in the shop.
Edward John Dent, how a chronometer maker made the turret clock of Big Ben, part 1.
This blog is based again on a lecture that I have held in the shop in May 2016. About six years ago I have read a book written by Vaudrey Mercer based on letters to and from Edward John Dent…
The stylistic development of the Dutch longcase clock, part 2
This is the second part of the article that I wrote based on a lecture that I have held in September 2015 and March 2016. The arched dial 1710 – 1715 A significant development occurs around 1702 – 1703 when…
The stylistic development of the Dutch longcase clock, part 1.
In November 2015 I held a lecture on the stylistic development of Dutch longcase clocks. Dutch in this case is not the whole of modern The Netherlands but only ‘the seven provinces’ with both South and North Holland the most…
