3386

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Antique Scottish Drumhead Longcase Clock.

James Ferguson, Inverness.

Circa 1880

Rare, corinthian column mahogany case in nice original

condition.

8-Day movement striking on a bell with painted dial having seconds and

calendar subsidiary dials.

In full working order.

ref 3386

Dimensions taken at their greatest points;

83 inches / 6 foot 11 inch High

21" wide 12.5" Deep

James Ferguson is recorded as working from 1886-9 in Edinburgh and from 1872-81 in Inverness. He received a Royal appointment to Queen Victoria in 1872.

Ref 3386

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3260

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3399

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Antique Scottish Drumhead Long Case Clock.

Circa 1860

Nice quality mahogany case with carved hood and glass door showing the brass weight, pulley and pendulum.

Gold leaf Roman dial with recessed seconds dial and flower decoration.

8-Day timepiece movement in full working order.

Ref 3399

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3275

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Antique Mahogany Longcase Clock.

George Monroe, Edinburgh.

Circa 1790. Recorded working 1743 - 1804

Nice quality, small well proportioned case with fretted hood and inlays.

12 Inch brass dial with silver chapter ring, seconds and date aperture.

8-Day grandfather clock movement striking on a bell, in full working order.

ref 3275

Dimensions taken at their widest points;

82 inches high 19 wide 10.5 deep

12 inch dial

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3232

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Antique English Skeleton Clock.

Smiths, Clerkenwell, London.

Dated 1864.

8-Day fusee movement with grid iron pendulum, 5-spoke wheelwork, passing strike by the halberd hammer on a silver bell with tall finial.

Pierced silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals.

On a white marble base under a glass dome.

In full working order.

ref 3232

21 inches high including the dome

13.75 wide 7.5 deep

Decorative pierced plaque engraved

"J & R Taylor to J & H Bromley. 3 Mo 1864"

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3145

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3140

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3605

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Only 27 inches high from top to bottom finials.

High quality figured walnut case with wood carvings and metal decorations.

The carved scrolling pediment has a fish in the middle. The brackets to the side of the dial are metal as is the glass frame, these would have been gilded originally.  The rest of the mouldings are carved wood and the 3 bottom finials are metal

An unusual feature of this clock is the door which opens from the top with its hinges at the bottom.

8-Day, small spring driven movement with square plates, outside countwheel striking on a gong and deadbeat escapement. Numbered 179705-30 Gridiron pendulum with S~F enamel and brass pendulum bob.

4 Inch, 2-part enamel dial with Roman numerals and steel hands

Dimensions;

27 inches high, 9.5” wide, 6” deep.

Ref 3605

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2849

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A magnificent French bronze and marble conical pendulum clock, possibly exhibited at the Paris Exhibition of 1878.

The movement signed E.FARCOT A PARIS. Circa 1875

Surmounted by a silvered bronze female figure in Classical dress, her right arm raised to hold the foliate bud and the pendulum terminating in a gilt sphere mounted with cast stars of different magnitudes, her left arm relaxed to the left side and clasping the folds of her dress which is bound by a gilt belt set high above the waist, the gilt dial with matted chapter ring applied with Roman numerals within a moulded brass bezel,the partially skeletonised frontplate reveaing the twin going barrel movement and contrate wheel in continous motion linked to an arbour that carries the arrow to rotate the pendulum above.

4 Foot High overall.

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3603

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Circa 1840

Small 12 inch high mahogany case with carved top and bevelled glasses.

Silver dial with strike / silent and fast / slow subsiduary dials.

Signed, Frodsham, Gracechurch St, London.

2-Train 8-day fusee movement striking the hours and the halveson a coiled gong.

In full working order.

A nice quality small mantel clock by a renowned maker.

Dimensions;

12 inches high, 8.75" wide, 6" deep

Frodsham family history.

The family of Frodsham has produced several highly skilled chronometer and watchmakers. William Frodsham, of Kingsgate Street, Red Lion Square, received the honorary freedom of the Clockmakers' Company in 1781, and attested the value of Earnshaw's improvements in 1804. He took his son into partnership in 1790, and died in 1806, when the business was continued by John Frodsham until 1814.

William James Frodsham, another member of this family, started in Change Alley, was a fellow of the Royal Society, and was some time in partnership with William Parkinson; he died in 1850, and left four sons who were brought up to the trade. One of them, John, was in business with his son in Gracechurch Street from 1825 to 1842.

Charles, another of the sons of W. J. Frodsham, was the founder of the present firm of Charles Frodsham & Co. He lived from 1810 to 1871, and started business in 1842 at 7, Finsbury Pavement, and in the following year succeeded John R. Arnold at 84, Strand. He conducted many experiments to investigate the principles of the compensation balance and the balance spring, and wrote many papers on technical subjects; he also invented many improvements which still exist in chronometers and watches. He was succeeded by his son, H. M. Frodsham, in 1871, and the firm became a limited company in 1893. They gained the Admiralty prize of £170 for excellence of marine chronometers.

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