Jeffrey Formby Antiques Dzik (W.H.): Engraving on English Table Clocks: Art on a Canvas of Brass, 1660-1800

Engraving on English Table Clocks: Art on a Canvas of Brass 1660 - 1800
Author: Sunny Dzik

439 pages, 738 illustrations, 2019.

Art on a Canvas of Brass is the first book devoted to an analysis of the decorative engraving found on the backplates of English table clocks.The work is intended as an introduction to the subject for the newcomer as well as a reference text for the horological expert.

Based on engravings from over 1,000 backplate images, the text focuses on the design patterns and imagery from the advent of the pendulum clock until the close of the 18th century. Throughout the book, the figures reveal relationships between different clockmakers who shared the talents of the same engraving artist. Heavily illustrated with images generously provided by experts in British horology, Art on a Canvas of Brass provides a systematic approach to 'reading' engraving patterns on English spring clocks.

The text is fully indexed and includes extensive cross-references to a website which offers hundreds of additional images for further study</p>


Forward	1

Section I: Setting the stage
Why were English table clocks engraved	9
17th and 18th century engraving technique	15
Prior studies of backplate engraving	33

Section II: England's Golden Age of Horology
Background: Engraving on English lantern clocks	41
Early backplate engraving, 1660-1680	45
Flowers on tulip-engraved clocks during the Golden Age of Horology, 1660-1710	61
Principal design patterns on tulip-engraved clocks	97
A closer look at tulip engraving	125

Section III: 18th century backplate engraving
Border styles	155
Cartouche designs	171
Inside the cartouche: "London"	189
Arbor areas and mechanical elements attached to the backplate	201
French baroque decoration replaces tulip engraving	209
Huguenot clockmakers come to England	241
Later phase baroque style engraving, 1715-1740	259
Birds	279
Fruit and flower baskets	293
Vine engraving, 1700-1740	313
Vine engraving, 1740-1770	337
Vine engraving, 1770-1800	357
As the century ends, travel through space and time to China and the ancient world	365

Appendices
Appendix 1: Another look at Tompion's Graver-195: Cluster analysis	379
Appendix 2: Heart-shaped leaves: Joseph Knibb, Thomas Tompion, and others	397
Appendix 3: Huguenot clockmakers in England during the late 17th and early 18th century	407

References	411
General Index	418
Image Credits	421
Index to Clockmakers	424

Engraving on English Table Clocks: Art on a Canvas of Brass 1660 - 1800Author: Sunny Dzik

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Engraving on English Table Clocks: Art on a Canvas of Brass 1660 - 1800
Author: Sunny Dzik