Ancient B&H Clock

June 30th, 2008 | Subscribe to my RSS feed.

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The first steps in making mantel clocks were found in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. They were created of iron and were wound with the help of weight. The very first mantel clocks were similar to tower clocks. They had the same layout and components.

People used wall's consoles to insert there clocks in the fifteenth century. Later on a wood console became a part of clocks' frame and was mounted the same style and ornament as clocks had. Of course, in the Renaissance epoch and later it was 1 of the most important parts of a room's decoration. Every home adhered to the style that was fashionable during the epoch and a clock was an element of the entire design composition of the apartments. A few centuries later appeared clock masters. They sought to give face to every clock they created. We may mark out such notable people as Roentgen, Goutier and Benemann. They worked over their personal models and made clocks in the unique exemplars. In the eighteenth century appeared clockmakers that began to create copies from the most wonderful clocks they found.

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