Samuel Roberts, Clockmaker. An eighteenth century craftsman in a Welsh rural community

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Author(s) Pryce, W T R, & T Alun Davies
Publication type Monograph
Year published 1985
Pages 450pp; illus
Publisher Welsh Folk Museum
Place Published Cardiff

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Name Guildhall Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode EC2P 2EJ
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Chapters include: 'Background and context'; 'The man and his family'; 'Clock movements and their production'; 'Sun dials and clock dials'; 'Dials - aspects of stylistic development'; 'Cases'; 'Special clocks'; 'Clientel'; 'Some individual customers'; 'The significance of Samuel Roberts'. Appendices provide a transcription of Roberts' account book, 1755-74' [pp340-401] and an analysis of his customers [pp402-17]