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Ref: MARQ-05 Longcase Clock - Under Restoration

Clockmaker/By : John Clowes of London.

Duration: Month Going.

Circa : Pre 1700.

Height : 82 inches including Crest.

Case :
Exceptional quality walnut marquetry floral / bird marquetry on oak carcase.
Barley twist pillars to hood, repeated at rear of hood.
Original fret to hood.
Original Cherub crest to hood.
Side windows to hood for movement observation purposes.
Long door 'D' edged trunk door (43") with oval lenticle window.
Bun feet.
Width at widest point 20" (Hood Crest)

Dial :
Month going 10" brass dial with bolt and shutter maintaining power activated by pull hour repeat.
Silvered chapter ring marking minutes / half hours and seconds dial.
Cherub head style spandrels of the type introduced by Thomas Tompion.
Ringed winding holes and salt box date aperture.
Five finned pillars between movement plates and inside rack and bell striking.
Typical well finished hands and Roman numerals.
Heavy lead filled brass weights to power month going movement, Strap hinges and original door lock.

Maker :
This is the third marquetry clock by this maker that we have possessed. He was born about 1651, the brother of James Clowes and the son of John Clowes snr., a nail maker of Odd Rode, Cheshire. He was made a free brother in the Clockmaker's Company January 1672/3 as a 'Great Clockmaker'.

In 1679 he is described as of St. Giles in the Fields and in 1680 he was of the Parish of St. Clement Danes, Middlesex. In 1684 he made a 'rich pendulum weekly clock' for the King for £25.(Charles 11)

His first marriage was to Ann Nettles in 1681, As a widower he was married again in 1688 aged 37 to Tabitha Taylor aged 23, the daughter of clockmaker Thomas Taylor and they had six children but all died in infancy. He was married thirdly in 1705 at St Martin in the Fields to Eleanor Caris who had property in Drury Lane and with who he made a marriage settlement.

From his father he retained a pew and seats in the parish church of Astbury, Cheshire. He became a Clockmakers' Company Assistant in 1708 and was to serve as Warden in but was indisposed and could not serve.

He died in 1717 aged about 66. Various types of clocks by him are known including longcase, lantern and bracket clocks and he used a variety of signatures:

    Jno. Clowes Russell Street, Covent Garden.
    John Clowes Londini fecit.
    John Clowes London Fecit.
    John Clowes near Covent Garden.
    J Clowes Londini Fecit

Price : SOLD

Guarantee : 12 months.

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John Clowes of London.


 

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