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Description: | -The clocks, 17th- 19th century, were collected more for design and movement than technical interest and include automatons especially the Silver swan, known since 1774 when it was in the museum of James Cox, a London goldsmith; a group of table clocks includes a lion clock from Augsburg, an 18th century celestial globe, a bracket clock in vernis martin, an imitation laquer clock and watches from the Napoleonic and Second empire period; a musical clock by P J van Bockstael of Rexpoede, another one by James Newton of London of 1754.
Publications include:-
Conran, E The Bowes Museum, 1992, Scala London
- | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | 01833 637163 | Telephone: | 01833 690606 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:6097 | Go to resource |
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