Longcase Clock Stock Listing 11 to 15
Text last updated 3 September 2010.
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JOHN STOKES, ST IVES Circa. 1725
An early oak longcase clock with the original caddy hood pediment. Fretwork below the caddy and surmounted by 3 brass finials. Brass capped hood columns and side glass apertures. A high quality brass and silvered dial with matted centre and engraving around the date aperture. Blued steel hands and a silvered seconds ring. Signed to the cartouche 'Jno Stokes St. Ives No. 353'. A quality 5-pillar, 8-day duration mechanism with striking countwheel to the hours on a bell.
John Stokes of St. Ives is recorded in Loomes' 'Watchmakers and Clockmakers of The World' book as working from 1720-1730.
Height 7ft 11 " / 240 cms
£ 3600 (US$ 5562) (Euro 3957)
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A VICTORIAN GRANDMOTHER CLOCK Circa. 1874
A 'Grandmother' clock of small, slim proportions. A well made oak case of Georgian design with a moulded arched hood pediment. Turned hood columns and a shaped trunk door. A brass and silvered dial with gilded corner spandrels and fine central engraving. A twin weight driven 7-day mechanism striking the hours on a bell.
The clock mechanism is signed by the maker and dated 1874. The clockmaker used older clock brass plates to make the mechanism around. Most grandmother clocks are spring driven and from 1920's, this is a higher quality weight driven one.
Height 5ft 8 "/ 173 cms
£ 1875 (US$ 3066) (Euro 2156)
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THOMAS EVANS, NEWCASTLE (EMLYN) Circa. 1820
A Welsh oak longcase clock with a swan neck hood pediment. Marquetry inlays to the case of good colour and patination. Brass capped hood columns. Parquetry star inlays as hood paterae. An attractive arched painted dial with gilt and floral corners. Date and seconds indicators. An 8-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell.
Thomas Evans of Newcastle Emlyn is recorded in Peates' 'Clock and Watchmakers in Wales' book as working from 1801-1862.
Height 7ft 3 " / 221 cms
£ 2200 (US$ 3256) (Euro 2511)
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JOHN WENHAM, DEREHAM CIRCA 1810.
A Norfolk Georgian oak longcase clock with a regional styled 'wavy' hood pediment. A well proportioned oak case with brass capped hood columns. A pretty painted dial with floral corners, date and seconds indicators. Swans on a lake to the arch. An 8-day duration mechanism striking the hours on a bell.
John Wenham of East Dereham is well recorded in Birds' 'Norfolk and Norwich Clockmakers' book. He lived from 1734-1823.
Height 7ft 1 "/ 215 cms
£ 2275 (US$ 3367) (Euro 2623)
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HENRY MASSEY, LONDON Circa. 1700
A fine quality William III London marquetry longcase clock. Detailed inlays to the case retaining it's original caddy pediment. Brass capped hood front and rear quarter columns and side glass apertures. Fretwork above the hood door. A brass pendulum lenticle to the trunk door. Brass cased weights. A square brass and silvered dial with crown and cherub spandrels, date and seconds. An 8-day duration movement with 5 ringed pillars striking the hours on a bell with internal countwheel.
Henry Massey of London is recorded in Loomes ' 'Early Clockmakers of Great Britain' book as working until 1704. He became a brother of the Clockmakers Company in 1692.
Height 7ft 6 "/ 228 cms
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