Skip to product information
1 of 4

Schiffer

Carriage & Other Traveling Clocks by Derek Roberts

Carriage & Other Traveling Clocks by Derek Roberts

Regular price $89.96 USD
Regular price $99.95 USD Sale price $89.96 USD
Sale Sold out

Table of Contents

The beauty of carriage clocks and their accompanying cases is an integral part of their design, but one aspect-their intricate movements-also displays solutions to mechanical problems that only the genius designer could solve.

In this major new work by an expert clock historian and restorer, the reader will find over 400 exquisite color and 285 black-and-white photographs of hundreds of traveling clocks, as well as the explanations of all the major designers' work from the 17th century forward. Special chapters present the work of noted clockmakers Breguet, Garnier, Vulliamy, Cole, Frodsham, McCabe, Dent, white and more. Swiss, Austrian, French, English, and a few American traveling clocks are included. Since these clocks were technically advanced, scientific instruments of their day, they first were made for royal and wealthy patrons with the finest gilt, porcelain enamel, and jeweled materials. The book displays these fantastically beautiful works of art-miniature clocks as well as full-size ones-and more common popular styles available today.

685+ photos

View full details
  • Carriage and Other Travelling Clocks

    Derek Roberts

    9780887404542

  • Binding: Hard Cover with dust jacket

    Copyright: 1993

    Pages: 368

    Size: 9.5 x 12 in.

    Condition: New

About us

Collector Bookstore is a leading specialty retailer of price guides and reference books to inform and educate collectors and professionals in the antiques and collectors markets. Our customers include individual collectors, dealers, appraisers, auctioneers & other industry professionals.