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Clockmaker/By : Wm. Cribb of Coventry & London.

Duration : 8 Day

Circa : 1860-70

Height : 92 inches - (95 inches incl. central acorn finial)

Case :
Mahogany with boxwood stringing to hood and case , oval shell inlays and 'bread board' effect in base.
Matching reeded pillars to hood and to case trunk.
Original brass urn side finials and centre brass acorn finial (not shown).
Gold leaf painting to area below swan neck pediments.
Original feet have been reduced but are available for re-fixing

Movement/Dial :
Musical on 8 bells playing Westminster and Whittington.
Dead beat escapement.
Rolling moon with sea scape/landscape.
Strike/Silent.
Brass encased weights.

History :
William Cribb 1816 -died 1875 Chronometer maker

Regulator clock in Virginia Museum

London addresses :
58 Theobalds Road 1816-23
17 Southampton Row 1826-53
30 Southampton Row 1856-64 successor to Birchall & Appleton
146 Southampton Row 1867-75

In c1842 Cribb acquired the well known chronometer business of Birchall & Appleton from Peter Birchall following the death of his partner , Henry Poppleton. Coventry Reference Library record his name as in Coventry to 1825.
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The question arises as to why Cribb described his place of work as Coventry rather than a more prestigious London address.

Price : £ 9,250

Guarantee : 12 months