Makers, Periods & Styles Library

John Gaydon (1821 – 1895) was a British clockmaker and jeweller working in Barnstaple, Devon from around 1855 until his death in 1895. He founded his business with his four younger brothers. John Gaydon supplied clocks to all of the railway stations along the South West trainline to London and later designed clocks...

Josef Lorenzl (1892 – 1950) was an Art Deco period sculptor and ceramicist. Born in Austria in 1892 he was a contemporary of Ferdinand Preiss (1882-1943) and Demetre Chiparus (1886-1947) in the Art Deco movement. He started his career working at the Vienna Arsenal where he learnt to cast bronze. He produced lots of...

Jules Moigniez (1835 – 1894) was a French ‘animalier’ sculptor born in Senlis. His speciality was sculpting game birds, but he also modelled dogs, horses and equestrian groups. His bird sculptors are considered to be amongst the best ever produced during his time. His first exhibition was at the 1855 Exposition...