Wooden
Clock Cases
by David Bryant
Softcover
210 x 300mm
167pp
Published by Stobart Davies, Hertford, UK
R.R.P.$34.90
ISBN 978-0-85442-195-4
Daniel Quare bracket clock
Arch dial bracket clock
Regency bracket clock
Lancet bracket clock
Balloon clocks
Mantel clocks
Nine-light Viennese regulator
Extract from back cover of book:
A reprint of this much sought after book first reprinted in 1994.
Twenty one different clocks
Clocks are measured from period originals
Eighteen
clocks produced in precise technical drawings
- Daniel Quare bracket clock
-
Arch dial bracket clock
- Regency bracket clock
- Balloon clocks
- Mantel
clocks
- Nine-light Viennese regulator
- Black dial clock
- Tavern clocks
-
English dial clock
- Black Forest wall clock
- Cuckoo clock
- Marquetry
longcase clock
- Lancashire longcase clock
- Pagoda longcase clock
-
Swan neck longcase clock
Each case is a simple half joint construction
Plans
Photographs of embellishments
Full parts lists
About the Author: David Bryant is an experienced woodworker who has written numerous articles for woodwork magazines over the years.
Photos: Black & White and Colour section
Units of Measurement: Metric & Imperial
Contents
The measurement of time
Table
Clocks
- Daniel Quare bracket clock (c.1690)
- Arch dial bracket clock
(c.1720)
- Regency bracket clock (c.1810)
- Lancet bracket clock (c.1800)
-
Balloon clocks
- Mantel clocks
Wall
Clocks
- Nine-light Viennese regulator
- Vienna regulator (c.1880)
-
Black dial clock (c.1760)
- Tavern clocks
- English dial clock (c.1860)
-
Black Forest wall clock (c.1880)
- Cuckoo clock
Longcase
Clocks
- Marquetry longcase clock (c.1685)
- Lancashire longcase clock
(c.1770)
- Pagoda longcase clock (c.1780)
- Swan neck longcase clock (c.1810)
Vienna regulator
Black dial clock
Tavern clocks
English dial clock
Black Forest wall clock
Cuckoo clock
Marquetry longcase clock
Lancashire longcase clock
Pagoda longcase clock
Swan neck longcase clock