Watches / David Thompson ; photography by Saul Peckham.
Material type: TextPublisher: London : British Museum, 2008Edition: [First edition]Description: 175 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780714150550
- 071415055X
- British Museum watches
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room | NK7482.5.G7 L668 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31560000027710 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The British Museum watch collection tells the story of the watch which spans an incredible 500 years. Within the collection are examples ranging from sixteenth-century early stackfreed watches made in south Germany to exquisite decorative watches of the seventeenth century.
Illustrated catalog of the highlights of the watch collection of the British Museum ; 77 selected pieces (68 of them pocketwatches) each on a a double page with 3 to 5 color pictures each. Reflecting the content of the collection heavily UK centric, some French and Swiss pieces, not a single USA pocketwatch. Glossary Bibliography Index
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