Antique Longcase Clock Stock Listing 1 to 5
Text last updated 3 February 2012.
Browse through 4 pages of antique longcase clocks 'grandfather' or 'tallcase' clocks. To help choose check your maximum ceiling height and find a clock where the proportions will suit best. Always leave at least a 3 inch gap if you have low ceilings, small 'Cottage' clocks normally in stock. Do you prefer oak or mahogany cases and brass or painted faces ? U.K. and
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JOHN SNELLING, ALTON Circa 1770
A slim, well proportioned Hampshire Georgian period longcase clock. A swan-neck hood pediment with central brass finial. Brass capped hood columns. An oak case of good colour and patination. Reeded side trunk columns and a shaped trunk door. A brass and silvered dial with Father Time automaton rocking arch aperture. Date and seconds indicators and a name cartouche below the winding holes. A quality 8-day duration, 5-pillar mechanism striking the hours on a bell.
John Snelling of Alton is recorded in Baillies' 'Watchmakers and Clockmakers of The World' book as working from 1761-1795.
Height 7ft 2 "/ 218 cms
£ 2850 (US$ 4302) (Euro 3394)
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BARR & CO, DUBLIN Circa 1810
A small Georgian Irish longcase clock of good quality. Choice flame mahogany veneers to the case with fine carving to the case. A raised moulded plinth panel. A circular painted dial with seconds indicator and a brass bezel surround. An 8-day duration mechanism striking the hours on a bell.
George and William Barr are recorded in Volume 1 and 2 of 'Watchmakers and Clockmakers of The World' book as working in 1802. An example is noted in the museum collection at New York University in the 1940's.
Height 6ft 2" " / 188cms
£ 2350 (US$ 3667) (Euro 2792)
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LOT BARWISE, COCKERMOUTH Circa 1770.
A good quality Cumbrian longcase clock by this noted clockmaker. An oak case with dentil cornice mouldings to the hood pediment and top trunk case moulding. Brass capped fluted hood columns and chamfered trunk sides. An arched brass and silvered dial with lunar moon phases. A well engraved dial centre with Barwise unusual feature of central date hand read at the edge of the chapter ring. An 8-day duration mechanism of excellent design striking the hours on a bell.
Lot Barwise worked in Cockermouth from 1750-1799. A dial of the same layout is illustrated in Loomes 'Clockmakers of Northern England' book on page 88. His 8-day mechanism's are described in the book as 'ranking alongside the best Cumbrian clocks of the period'.
Height 7ft 1" / 215cms.
£ 2750 (US$ 4345) (Euro 3273)
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EDWARD MAN, LONDON Circa 1765
A slim, well proportioned Chinoiserie longcase clock. A pagoda hood pediment with gilded wooden finials. Side glass hood apertures. An arched trunk door with a well detailed oriental scene. An arched brass dial with silvered chapter ring, date aperture, seconds dial and strike/silent dial to the arch. A 5-pillar, 8-day duration mechanism striking the hours on a bell. A flat rod pendulum and brass cased weights.
The Mann family of clockmakers worked in London in the 18th century as recorded in Baillies' Watchmakers and Clockmakers of The World' book. The laquer work on the case is original.
Height 7ft 3 "/ 221 cms
£ 3900 (US$ 5992) (Euro 4641)
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JOHN GANTLETT, DIDMARTON Circa 1845
A mahogany longcase clock with an arched hood pediment. Brass capped hood columns and surmounted by 3 brass finials. Chamfered trunk sides and ebonised inlays to the case. An arched painted dial with gilt and floral corners and a country scene to the arch. Date and seconds indicators. An 8-day duration mechanism striking the hours on a bell.
The Gantlett family of clockmakers worked in Chippenham, Calne, and Great Sherston. John lived in Didmarton by 1824. The spelling is 'Didmarston' on the dial which is presumably the old spelling.
Height 7ft 3 "/ 222 cms
£ 1975 (US$ 3067) (Euro 2387)
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