Antique grandfather clock
Scotland
Mahogany
Victorian around 1835
Dimensions: H x W x D: 208 cm x 46 x 24 cm
Description:
Slender clock case standing on graceful cut-out feet.
Bleached plain mahogany wood with beautiful grain.
To the left and right of the door are two quarter columns.
Unusual is the round worked head with the front opening glazed door.
The weight driven, very high quality finished movement has a power duration of eight days.
Very attractive silvered dial with large black Roman numerals and Breguet hands.
The two small subdials show the seconds and date.
Signature: Andrew Black Alloa.
Original weights, pendulum and winding key.
Facts to know:
A few grandfather clocks were made in London during the Regency period (1800-1830). They are well-built, elegant clocks of a simple beauty, less than 215 cm high and often with a round dial, either engraved and silvered or painted.
By 1830, the age of London grandfather clocks was over. The market was flooded with clocks from France, and later from Germany and America. By 1860, production had largely ceased in northern England as well. [...] Source: Derek Roberts - The English Longcase Clock...
Category
Mid-19th Century Early Victorian Antique Scottish Clocks