Dial Collection (#3)

Indicator, Directional Gyro, Sperry, Gyro-Mag. Creator: Sperry Corporation
Vacuum operated, ball bank indicator, 6 1/2 in. h. c.1935

Sun Compass, Bumstead. Creator: Pioneer Instrument Company
85mm diameter, 110 high; 24 hour dial and azimuth scale; white on black

Indicator, Directional Gyro, Sperry, Wiley Post Final Flight. Creator: Sperry Corporation
Cylindrical shaped panel mounted instrument, with white luminous figures on black face. Badly damaged

A close up view of the dial and movement of a Louis XVI ormolu
1764973 A close up view of the dial and movement of a Louis XVI ormolu and patinated bronze-mounted mahogany longcase regulator with year calendar and equation of time, c.1790 (ornolu)

Games table with 19th century sabots (ormolu mounted tulipwood, amaranth
CH463050 Games table with 19th century sabots (ormolu mounted tulipwood, amaranth, sycamore & cube parquetry) (see also 451440, 463051 and 463052) by Kemp

Pair case openface verge watch, 1758 (gold & enamel)
615809 Pair case openface verge watch, 1758 (gold & enamel) by Hindley, Henry (1701-71); diam: 4.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: full plate gilt-finished verge movement)

The Leeds automatic telephone exchange (b / w photo)
3652677 The Leeds automatic telephone exchange (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Leeds automatic telephone exchange)

Longcase clock, 1727 (mixed media)
3431714 Longcase clock, 1727 (mixed media) by Harrison, John (1693-1776); Leeds Museums and Art Galleries (Leeds City Museum) UK; eLeeds Museums and Galleries; English, out of copyright

Striking pendule d officier, 1850-1899 (ormolu)
3725720 Striking pendule d officier, 1850-1899 (ormolu) by French School, (19th century); height: 18.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Retailed by Jump & Fils, Mount Street, London)

Sols Clock, South Park, Chicago (b / w photo)
6018280 Sols Clock, South Park, Chicago (b/w photo) by American Photographer (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sols Clock, South Park, Chicago)

A Regency giant quarter striking eight day turn-table musical organ clock, c
5890562 A Regency giant quarter striking eight day turn-table musical organ clock, c.1820 (gilt-brass mounted mahogany) by English School

Gilt-brass cased clock-watch with alarm, sundials and lunar volvelle in the form of a
1217557 Gilt-brass cased clock-watch with alarm, sundials and lunar volvelle in the form of a book, c. 1580 (gilt-brass) by Kock, Hans (d)

The Naval Mobilisation, Big Gun and Torpedo Practice on Board H Ms "Hero"and "Rodney"(engraving)
1041826 The Naval Mobilisation, Big Gun and Torpedo Practice on Board H Ms " Hero" and " Rodney" (engraving) by Nash

Electric Printing Telegraph, South Western Railway (engraving)
1101189 Electric Printing Telegraph, South Western Railway (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Electric Printing Telegraph, South Western Railway)

Ancient dial and fountain, erected in 1656 at Leadenhall Corner, London (engraving)
586180 Ancient dial and fountain, erected in 1656 at Leadenhall Corner, London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ancient dial and fountain)

Six pocket watches decorated with Revolutionary symbols (metal & enamel)
488862 Six pocket watches decorated with Revolutionary symbols (metal & enamel) by French School, (18th century); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Diagram explaining Horology or Dyalling, from The Gentlemans Recreation
483372 Diagram explaining Horology or Dyalling, from The Gentlemans Recreation published by Richard Blome, 1686 (engraving) by English School

Looking along Broad Quay from the Dial (pencil on paper)
2832611 Looking along Broad Quay from the Dial (pencil on paper) by Bartlett, William Henry (1809-54); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums

Female BBC engineer checking equipment, WW2
Female BBC engineer checking and operating equipment during WW2. Date: 1941

Cockpit of aircraft arranged to take aerial photographs Date: 1930s

Comic postcard, Woman on the phone Date: 20th century

Pocket watches (metal & enamel)
488860 Pocket watches (metal & enamel) by French School, (18th century); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France; (add.info.: Dials); French, out of copyright

Man at work in an oil rig control room
Man at work in the control room of an oil rig drilling platform off the coast of Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Moorish Astrolabe, from Cordoba, 1054 (metal)
XIR201685 Moorish Astrolabe, from Cordoba, 1054 (metal) by Spanish School, (11th century); Jagiellonian Library, Cracow, Poland; (add.info.: Engraved in Latin in c14th)

A Mesopotamian silver inlaid brass casket, with dials for a combination lock (side view)
1196756 A Mesopotamian silver inlaid brass casket, with dials for a combination lock (side view), 13th century (silver inlaid brass) by Mesopotamian

Perpetual calendar travel timepiece, 1898 (silver-gilt & shagreen) (see also 1201731)
1201730 Perpetual calendar travel timepiece, 1898 (silver-gilt & shagreen) (see also 1201731) by English School, (19th century); height: 15 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: with moonphase)

The Sussex Tompion, a Charles II striking eight day table clock with pull quarter repeat
867501 The Sussex Tompion, a Charles II striking eight day table clock with pull quarter repeat, c.1675-80 (ebony & gilt metal) by Tompion

Queen Anne mounted striking bracket clock with pull quarter repeat, No. 376, c
867498 Queen Anne mounted striking bracket clock with pull quarter repeat, No. 376, c.1705 (ebony & gilt brass) (see also 867499-500) by Tompion

Dial clock, late 19th century, dial c. 1770 (mahogany)
847472 Dial clock, late 19th century, dial c.1770 (mahogany) by Carter, William (fl.1836-76); Private Collection; (add.info.: Within arcaded Roman and Arabic chapter ring and blue moon hands)

Mechanism of a Charles II Thirty Hour Longcase Clock, c. 1680 (mixed media)
870172 Mechanism of a Charles II Thirty Hour Longcase Clock, c.1680 (mixed media) by Tompion, Thomas (1639-1713); Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

Wheel barometer, J. Ortelli & Co. first half of the 19th century (mahogany
711010 Wheel barometer, J. Ortelli & Co. first half of the 19th century (mahogany, glass & metal) by English School, (19th century); length: 98 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

A continental astronomical timepiece (gilt & steel)
CH355397 A continental astronomical timepiece (gilt & steel) by Bauer, Johann Bernhard (1766-1819); height: 34 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; German, out of copyright

Workman assembling a gas meter as part of the manufacturing process. Date: 1864

Early radio crystal set, terrier puppy -- I don t seem to hear from you at Honiton. 1928

Ford Cortina car, steering wheel and dashboard, 1965
Ford Cortina car, showing the steering wheel and dashboard. 1965

A Victorian two day marine chronometer with Hartnup balance, c
5858180 A Victorian two day marine chronometer with Hartnup balance, c.1870 (mounted in mahogany & brass) by Frodsham, Charles (1810-71); Private Collection; (add.info.: Charles Frodsham, London)

Pocket watches (metal & enamel)
488859 Pocket watches (metal & enamel) by French School, (18th century); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France; (add.info.: Dials); French, out of copyright

Illustration from Della Nautica Mediterranea by Bartolomeo Crescenzio
498319 Illustration from Della Nautica Mediterranea by Bartolomeo Crescenzio, published 1607 (engraving) by Italian School

Calculating machine invented by Blaise Pascal (1623-63) in 1642 (wood and metal)
CHT171359 Calculating machine invented by Blaise Pascal (1623-63) in 1642 (wood and metal) by French School, (17th century); CNAM, Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers

Costume for a Clock Maker, pub. by Gerard Valck (1651 / 2-1726) c. 1690 (engraving)
STC101369 Costume for a Clock Maker, pub. by Gerard Valck (1651/2-1726) c.1690 (engraving) by German School, (17th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; German, out of copyright

The Great Calendar Stone, Late Post Classic Period (1300-1521) (stone) (see also 207555)
JPC207556 The Great Calendar Stone, Late Post Classic Period (1300-1521) (stone) (see also 207555) by Aztec; diam. 360 cm; Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico City, Mexico; out of copyright

Two Movable Horizontal Sundials, Paris, c. 1720 (gilt brass)
MFR135786 Two Movable Horizontal Sundials, Paris, c.1720 (gilt brass) by Bion, N. (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Pair-cased verge watch, c. 1685 (silver)
740649 Pair-cased verge watch, c.1685 (silver) by Colston, Richard (c.1682-1709); Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; eAshmolean Museum; English, out of copyright

Enamelling furnaces, 18th century
Furnace for enamelling watch dial plates and Henry Bones enamelling furnace. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary

Dial work and striking part of an eight-day clock. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr

Front of a hexagonal table clock movement by Nicolas Lemaindre, 1619 (gilt-metal)
3619785 Front of a hexagonal table clock movement by Nicolas Lemaindre, 1619 (gilt-metal) by French School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Longcase clock, 1727 (mixed media)
3431713 Longcase clock, 1727 (mixed media) by Harrison, John (1693-1776); Leeds Museums and Art Galleries (Leeds City Museum) UK; eLeeds Museums and Galleries; English, out of copyright

The Reverend David Thomas, of Stockwell, Editor of the "Homilist, "and Originator of the "Dial"
3637970 The Reverend David Thomas, of Stockwell, Editor of the " Homilist, " and Originator of the " Dial" (engraving) by English School

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