For the first time on the wooden clock is mentioned in the press in preparation for gubernskoy exhibition of industrial and agricultural products in 1837. Zemskaya government invited artisans city, including the sixtieth iskusnomu turner Ivan Tihonovichu Bronnikovu and his son Semen, prepare exhibits. His father replied that “no condition to do anything,” and son [...]
Very interesting antique clock, which hidden inside a miniature 3 mm calibre pistol. Sam watch mechanism is different complexity and takes up less space, was able to accommodate the original stuffing.
In the last third of the 18th century a theatre-watch was a very fashionable trinket. They were mostly produced by French and Swiss masters. The museum collection possesses a watch like that. Dancing couples are shown in an architectural interior with mirrors in the background. When music began playing inside the mechanism the pairs began [...]
Pocket watches were the fruit of cooperation between watchmakers and jewellers. In designing their engraved, niello and enamel patterns and figure compositions that cover the items, masters made use of engravings. The decoration had to follow the style of the applied art of the period.
There are an early 17th-century watch with pictures of rare beauty [...]