Lacquer-- Chinese and Japanese origin of, 105, 106 Dutch imitations, 110, 111 English school of lacquer work, 118, 121 French masters, 112 Its use in the clock-case, 105 Work-- English school of, 114 Foreign craftsmen in London, 120 School of English amateurs, 121 Lacquered clock-case, its peculiarities, 112 Panels imported from the East, 109 Lamb, Charles, quoted on sundials, 162 Name falsely put on Dutch clocks, 36 Lancashire clock-case, peculiarities of, 230 Clockmakers, list of, 230 Lantern clock-- Early form, 45 Its similarity to ship's lantern, 46 Lilly, _Life and Times_ quoted, 256 Liverpool and district, list of clockmakers, 224 Long-case clock-- Dutch origin of, 154 Evolution of the, 153 Georgian period, the, 131 Lacquer period, the, 105 Stability of the, 132 Veneer and marquetry period, the, 67 Loomes, Thomas, clock by, 191 Lovelace, Jacob (Exeter), 212, 242 Lowestoft china, so-called, with Dutch inscription, 173 Lunar day, the, 29 Lunette, the use of the, in dial and case, 158 Lustre ware clock vase, Staffordshire, 198 Macaulay, his account of death of Charles II, 50, 53 Mahogany long cases, the period of, 136 Makers, old, their personality given to clocks, 38 Mantel clocks, the English character of, 185 Marot, Daniel, his work at Hampton Court, 90, 91 Designs of long-case clocks, 155 Marquetry-- Country cabinet-makers' use of, 84 Decadence of, 100 Definition of, 71 Dutch school of, 79 Early English attempt at, 84 Finest period, 40, 79, 83 Foreign influence on English art, 79 German school of, 72 Imported sheets, frequent use of, 84, 97 Italian school of, 71 Provincial, 60 Revival of, Sheraton period, 123, 147 Veneer, the use of, with, 74 Martin, Sieur Simon Etienne, his varnish, 112 Mary, Queen, and Hampton Court, 98, 170 Massy, Henry (1680), dial of clock by, 158 Mean time, 29 Mechanism of clocks, early, 32 Midlands, list of clockmakers in the, 230 Mills, Humphry, Edinburgh (1661), 261 Richard, Edinburgh (1678-1710), 261 Minute, the, its division into seconds, 30 Mudge, Thomas, Exeter (1715), 37, 212 Musical clock attributed to Rimbault, 142 by George Aicken, Cork, 277 Name of maker, position on dial, 161 Names found on dials, origin of, 213 Nantes, Edict of, and its effect, 68, 120 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, list of makers, 215 New Geneva (near Waterford), Irish watchmaking centre at, 278 Silver assayed at, 278 New York Metropolitan Art Museum, clocks illustrated, 57, 193 Nineteenth century, best period of clockmaking in, 40 Long-case clock of the, 147 North of England, list of clockmakers, 215 Nottingham clockmakers, list of, 235 Numerals on dial, note on, 158, 165 Painted furniture simulating lacquer work, 123