Antique Clocks

Autographed copies of these titles can be supplied within the UK direct from the author.

Copies of Lantern Clocks & their Makers can be obtained in the USA and Canada from:
Merritt's Antiques Inc, PO Box 277, Douglassville, PA 19518-0277, tel: 610 689 9541.

Antique Collectors' Club titles and Robert Hale titles are available in America from Antique Collectors' Club, Wappinger's Falls, NY 12590, USA. Tel 845 297 0003.

Non-UK customers can be supplied with any Brian Loomes titles from
Shenton Books
Shentonbooks, La Rochelle, Venns Gate, Cheddar, Somerset, BS27 3BY, United Kingdom
nps@shentonbooks.com
Tel: +44 (0)845 838 5523.

LANTERN CLOCKS AND THEIR MAKERS

Lantern Clocks And Their Makers is a detailed survey in twenty eight chapters of the development of the lantern clock in Britain from its origins in the late sixteenth century, until its demise in the late eighteenth century and includes some unique and previously unrecorded examples from the very earliest period. Also discussed is the type of lantern clock which was used for posted movement longcase clocks as well as for hook-and-spike hanging wall clocks. Square and arched dial examples are examined as well as clocks made for export to the Middle East, usually known as Turkish Market clocks. One chapter deals particularly with those rare and unusual examples which were housed in standing wooden cases. Another chapter deals specifically with brassfounders' casting marks, and includes several newly discovered ones, which are documented here for the first time.

This extensive book of over 200,000 words features approximately 400 clocks illustrated by over 1,150 photographs (with a good number in colour). Most of them were taken specifically for this work and appear in print here for the first time, the majority with detailed dimensions. Both constructional and stylistic features are explained in a non-technical manner in the author's usual easy style in such a way that they can be readily identified and dated to their appropriate period. No prior knowledge is assumed, which makes the book as accessible to the beginner as to the experienced reader.

The biographical section contains all available details of every clockmaker (over one thousand of them) known to have included lantern clocks among his work. Much of this biographical information has been researched from original records specifically for this book, is published here for the first time, and is available nowhere else. This information on the makers will also be of great value to those interested in other types of work from this earliest period of British clockmaking, as many of them also made bracket clocks and longcase clocks as well as watches. The unique combination of these factors makes this book an essential reference work for collectors, dealers, museums, and libraries.

SIGNED COPIES AVAILABLE NOWHERE ELSE. £92.00 postpaid - UK only.
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BRASS DIAL CLOCKS by Brian Loomes
Massive book, A4, 448 pages, 800 photographs, published 1998, out of print several years now. Used copies sell around £150.00. One copy only, brand new, signed by the author, £200.00 postpaid UK only.

ANTIQUE BRITISH CLOCKS - A Buyer's Guide
A survey of British clocks seen from the viewpoint of the potential buyer - whether experienced collectors or novices buying their first clock. Seen principally from a commercial viewpoint, the book discusses those factors which influence price - quality, genuineness and how to recognise it, where to buy, investment, restoration, and assembly. This book attempts to answer all those questions which should be in the mind of the first-time buyer. Points out potential pitfalls and offers serious advice about buying your first (or subsequent) clocks. You need to read this book before you buy your first clock. Published by Robert Hale. 224 pages, 70 photographs, 10in by 6in.
SIGNED COPY: price (UK ONLY) including postage and packing £23.50.

YORKSHIRE CLOCKMAKERS
A definitive, non-technical survey of the watch and clock makers of the county, about 2,000 of them, summarising whatever is known about each maker biographically. This (the second) edition of 1985 of the 1972 book is much enlarged with completely new photographs. Indexed by maker and by town, this is an invaluable book for any collector, enthusiast or restorer. Published by George Kelsall. 206 pages, 53 photographs, 10in by 7in.
SIGNED COPY: price (UK ONLY) including postage and packing £21.50.

WATCHMAKERS & CLOCKMAKERS OF THE WORLD
Complete 21st Century Edition
by Brian Loomes
Incorporating and extending the late G. H. Baillie's definitive work

First compiled in 1929 as a pioneer work by the late G. H. Baillie, this directory of watchmakers and clockmakers of the past soon established itself as the standard reference source and has been used ever since by watchmakers and clockmakers, collectors, dealers, museums, historians and libraries the world over.

The book went through numerous editions and reprints and was seldom out of print. The list of makers, has more than doubled, having been thoroughly updated and revised by Brian Loomes in this twenty-first century edition and now contains information on about 90,000 makers working between the late sixteenth and early twentieth centuries.

As well as the makers and retailers of clocks and watches the list includes makers of scientific instruments, sundials and barometers. A unique and essential work of reference.

See a sample page in PDF format.

The late G. H. BAILLIE was a consulting engineer who was absorbed by the history and science of horology. He was a pioneer in compiling and publishing facts about past clockmakers and watchmakers.

BRIAN LOOMES is today's best-known and most widely published author in the field of British antique clocks. As a dealer in clocks since the mid-1960s, he also has an understanding of the clocks themselves. He lives in Pateley Bridge in the Yorkshire Dales, where he and his wife run a specialist business dealing in antique clocks.

NOW AVAILABLE at £55.00 postpaid.

Size: 216 x 138 mm (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches). 888 pages.
Price £55.00 postpaid (UK ONLY).
Publisher: Robert Hale, London.

BRITISH CLOCKS ILLUSTRATED
The first fully-pictorial survey of antique clocks, each of almost 300 pages being a self-contained photograph with textual explanations of aspects such as age, functions and quality. Separate sections cover longcase clocks, hooded clocks, bracket clocks and lantern clocks, as well as spring-and weight-driven wall clocks. Each text section points out plus and minus points in the illustrated example, which helps the novice differentiate and identify quality features. Useful for collector and novice alike, but also of particular assistance to restorers. Published by Robert Hale. 272 pages, 300 photographs 10 in by 6.5 inches. Usual price £25.00 plus postage.
Now out of print, but we have stocks.
SIGNED COPY: our special price (UK ONLY) including postage and packing £20.00.

CLOCKMAKERS OF NORTHERN ENGLAND
Covers details of the main clockmakers of the six northernmost English counties - the old counties of Cumberland, Westmorland, Northumberland, County Durham, Lancashire and Yorkshire. The fullest known details are provided of over 800 clockmakers with many illustrations of examples of their work. Those whose output was small, or who were late 19th century 'retailers', of clocks have been omitted in order to give greater coverage of those makers who are included.
The early origins of northern clockmaking in the late 17th and early 18th centuries are covered county by county in great detail in the early chapters, seven chapters in all. Then the main body of the text provides biographies of the makers alphabetically with comments on the kind of clocks they made, its quality, work styles, etc.
Many illustrations, about 400 photographs in all, a great many appearing in print for the first time. A further section lists each clockmaker by town, which should be helpful for those undertaking further research, local historians, and for restorers having difficulty in reading a name. Highly detailed index. Published by Mayfield Books. 320 pages 10in by 7in.
SIGNED COPY: price (UK ONLY) including postage and packing £39.99.

PAINTED DIAL CLOCKS
Covers those types of clock with a japanned dial, sometimes called a 'white' dial or a 'painted' dial, the type which followed on from brass dials. Discusses the introduction, origin and stylistic development of these dials, and how to assess the age from the stylistic features. Separate chapters covers Scotland and America.
Much information included on casework, including regional styles.
This book replaces and enlarges upon my previous book called 'White Dial Clocks' in a larger format with more illustrations. Published by the Antique Collectors' Club. 280 pages, 275 photographs plus 44 in colour, mostly taken purposely for this book.
NOW OUT OF PRINT. WE HAVE THE ONLY STOCKS AVAILABLE. PRICE £65.00 POSTPAID.

COMPLETE BRITISH CLOCKS
A smaller book dealing with all types of British-made clocks from the earliest times till about 1870. The book has twelve chapters covering: the apprenticeship system, lantern clocks, London longcase clocks, rural clockmakers and their work, city clockmakers and their work, clocks with painted dials, glossary of technical terms. A complete re-appraisal of the subject based on new research, published here for the first time. This book should enable the reader to identify and date any British clock and is a good general survey. Published by David & Charles. page size 9in by 6in, 256 pages, 93 photographs.
Now out of print but we have stocks.
SIGNED COPY: price (UK ONLY) including postage and packing £18.00.

Other books by Brian Loomes

The following books also by Brian Loomes are now out of print. These will be available through libraries and occasionally as second-hand copies.