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Clockmaker/By : Richard Francis of Attleburgh. (or Attleborough, Norfolk)
Duration : 8 day.
Circa : 1795.
Height : 84 inches.
Case :
Norfolk style mahogany case.
Pagoda hood with large shell inlay in centre and small side shell inlays.
Reeded Corinthian brass capped pillars to hood and quartered pillars to back.
Long door with dome top and canted corners to trunk.
Fine chequer inlay to door, canted corners and base.
Original wavy shaped base feet.
Original finials.
Width at widest point 18.75" (base).
Dial :
12" x 17" Wilson painted dial moon roller with stars in night sky and
a landscape scene.
Makers name on arch rim and simple gesso spandrels.
Matching hour and minute hands.
Aperture calendar mouth.
Roman numerals.
Maker :
Richard Francis was born in 1749, died in 1819 and was buried in Attleborough
churchyard 10 Feb 1819, aged 70. A notice in the Norwich Mercury of 18 September
1773 offered one guinea reward for the recovery of a lost watch and a request
for a journeyman clockmaker.
He took apprentices:
John Gudgeon 23.9.1776 for 7 years, fee £20
James Woods 24.6.1783 for 7 years, fee £10
Joseph Warren 10.4.1806 for 7 years, fee £40
(Public Records Office - Kew)
He was a freeholder in 1791 and voted Whig in 1806,1817.
Eldest son William Francis succeeded the business in 1819 when he sold his business
at Watton to move to Attleborough.
Son Richard Francis (2) was also a clockmaker in Wymondham and a Postmaster.
Price : £ 4,500
Guarantee : 12 months. |
