ASIN: B01ION3TWA
Publisher: unknown
Pages: 35
This story originated by chance. It is often thus. I was engaged in developing what conservator James Lindsay called the world's largest and certainly most captivating collection of Empire clocks, ticking splendor from the imperium of Napoleon Bonaparte. Lindsay did his meticulous work in an atelier in London, and of course whenever I was in London I stopped in for lengthy progress updates; - always longer that even the most conservative predictions - . Liberally laced with character-slicing commentaries and detailed horological esoterica, these visits were always a treat. Lindsay's next-door neighbor was sculpture Neil Simmons, then at work on the major commission of his life, the official 8 foot statue - with mandatory handbag included - of Margaret Thatcher for the British House of Commons. As we all cupped hot tea against the cold in the ice-box studios, I had the opportunity to see ...
