This volume presents an overview of the business of clock making at a time when British clockmakers were acknowledged to be the best in the world. The majority of the many superior clocks made during this period were bracket clocks. In this superbly written book the author discusses case making and the specialists linked to the clock maker, the workings of the Clockmakers' Co,, the development of the bracket clock in the Georgian period, notable makers, lacquer-cased bracket clocks, the export trade, and the purchase, repair and restoration of bracket clocks.Size: 279 x 216 mm., 236 pages, 39 full color, 267 black & white illustrations