No. 8, with its fine broad repoussé case, is by Haydon, and the case is signed "V. Haut."
No. 9 shows an illustration of the back, where the movement is visible. The maker of this is Daniels, of Leighton, 1760.
No. 10 is by Kemp, London, and is decorated in Battersea enamel and shagreen. This brings us to the age of Pinchbeck, "the toyman in the Strand," and suggests the gewgaws and trifles, the enamelled heads for malacca canes, the snuff-boxes, and all the fashionable paraphernalia of a man about town. The watch in some respects had begun to lose its old character and was again a toy.
CALENDAR WATCH. SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
Maker, "Thomas Chamberlaine de Chelmisforde" (signature shown on right-hand illustration).
The outer circle shows days of month. The indicator is pointing to 22nd.
(By courtesy of Messrs. Mallett & Son, Bath.)
Among interesting work is that of Thomas Chamberlaine de Chelmisforde. He worked in the brightest days of Charles I, when the arts were receiving stimulation from the Court. A new era seemed as though it might be about to dawn. The picture gallery of Charles I at Hampton Court showed his catholic taste, and his Queen, Henrietta Maria, was a patron of the arts. Vandyck and other great artists flocked to this country, and highly trained craftsmen commenced to build a reputation which later iconoclasts swept aside as of Baal.
In the watch illustrated by Thomas Chamberlaine there is something delightfully simple and chaste. He was a maker whose work promised much. There is a specimen of his work signed "Chamberlain Chelmisford" at the British Museum, but in the specimen illustrated the name is chased "Thomas Chamberlaine de Chelmisforde."