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Clock 1
Originally given this sterling silver strut desk clock surround without the clock, which is now in a glass frame, this antique collector began my journey. The only identifying marks were "sterling silver" engraved on its edge, with no dates; however, it was likely crafted in the UK during the 1920s. The Guilloché Barley Corn pattern is formed using a straight-engine lathe
Clock 2
This desk clock, hallmarked in 1938 by C&A (Collett & Anderson) from Legge Lane Birmingham, lacked its mechanism when salvaged. It features a Guilloché Vertical Barley Corn pattern made with a Straight-line Engine lathe
Clock 3
A desk clock was originally made in 1926 by HC Freeman Ltd, a company operating in Birmingham. The clock was incomplete and without its mechanism when it was recovered. It features a Guilloche Vertical Barley Corn pattern, created using a Straight-line Engine lathe. G.Plant & Sons ltd., Bull Street, Harborne, Birmingham built the Straight- Line Engine Lathe for engraving parallel patterns
Clock 4
This desk clock, fully hallmarked in Birmingham 1949, was made by A. Buckley Ltd., established in 1923 on Albion
Street. Known for fine silverware and watch cases, the company was part of Birmingham's silversmithing tradition,
recognized for its quality craftsmanship. I salvaged it without its clock, ready to be melted. The Guilloché Vertical
Barley Corn pattern was created with a Straight-line Engine lathe
Clock 5
Originally a desk clock fully hallmarked in Birmingham in 1931 by the silversmith Adie Brothers Ltd of Frederick Street, a place recognized for its quality craftsmanship during the early 20th century, now serves as a site for a university. Tony Adie and Frank Taylor were renowned for crafting intricate Guilloché patterns using a straight-line engine lathe
Clock 6
Originally a desk clock sold for parts due to a broken mechanism, the silver mount was hallmarked Birmingham 1930-31 and crafted by Sanders & Mackenzie (Ernest Wilfred Sanders & Henry Arthur Mackenzie) in Spencer Street, Birmingham. The Drapes and Diamond Guilloché patterns were created using a straight-line engine lathe
Clock 7
Originally an easel clock fully hallmarked in Birmingham in 1929, created by silversmiths Sheldon Brothers (Charles Thomas & William Samuel Sheldon) at 6 Vyse Street. Known for producing fine silverware and watch cases, the company was part of Birmingham’s tradition of silversmithing. It was found with a one-handed broken Swiss 8-day movement. The guilloché grains d'orge and wave patterns were made using a straight-line engine lathe
Clock 8
The original strut clock resembled a man in a bowler hat, fully hallmarked in London 1929 by M&N, with a Guilloché Wave pattern made by an engine lathe. When salvaged, it was missing a minute hand and didn't wind
Clock 9
Originally an easel clock, fully hallmarked in Birmingham from 1922-23, was crafted by silversmith Henry Clifford Davis at Hatford Works on Harford Street, Birmingham. The Guilloché pattern was created using a Rose Engine lathe
Clock 10
A 1927 traveling clock case by William Base & Sons of Kenyon Street,Birmingham, features a Guilloché Damier Pattern in a Zig-Zag design made by a straight-line engine lathe. No timepiece was inside
Clock 11
A. Buckley Ltd, founded in 1905, was a silversmithing company located on Albion Street in Birmingham, England. The company specialised in manufacturing silverware and watch cases. It is known for creating the Guilloché drapes pattern using a Straight-Line lathe.
Clock 12
1924 Birmingham William Base & Sons from Kenyon Street used a Straight-Line lathe to create guilloché drapes and flower patterns
Clock 13
This clock was manufactured by British Metalising Co Ltd. in Queen Victoria
Street, London EC4. This item lacks a clock face and has silver mounted
onto a synthetic plastic called Bakelite. Dating it is challenging due to a
damaged hallmark, but it likely dates between 1928 and 1933, a period
when over a hundred Guilloché lathes were in operation in the East End.
Clock 14
Art Deco Chester Silver 1929 by Charles Walter Bacon and Franks Bill, Hylton Street, Birmingham. Engraved on a Straight-line Engine lathe.
Clock 15
S Blanckensee & Son Ltd made a silver mount for a Rototherm Gauge in 1934 at their Birmingham locations on Frederick Street and Great Hampton Street.
They acquired many businesses, which led to the establishment of a leading jewellery company producing high-quality pieces.
Clock 16
Purchased as scrap silver, hallmarked Birmingham 1930 by F. Burton Crosbee. The Guilloché Wave pattern is crafted using a straight-line engine lathe