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-- Under Restoration --

Clockmaker/By : Edwd. Harriman of Workington (Cumbria).

Duration : 8 Day

Circa : 1740

Height : 80 inches

Case :
Oak of honey colour with visible dowel joints and square hood.
Integral turned pillars to hood with gilded capitals.
Long trunk door with shaped top.
Trunk sides extend internally to floor.
Plinth to base.
Width at widest point 20.5" (Hood).

Dial :
Brass dial 12" x 12" with wheatear engraving around edge of dial.
Ringed winding holes.
Silvered minute chapter ring (with half quarter hour markers) and seconds dial.
Cast brass spandrels of figures depicting the four seasons, used 1740 - 1760.
Matching steel hour and minute hands with pointer second hand.
Original hood glass has crack but has been retained.
Roman numerals.
Makers name engraved in cartouche above salt box date aperture.

Maker :
Edward Harriman was born circa 1700 in Crosby (Cumberland) and married in 1729. He moved to Workington in the 1730's and died in 1776. He was succeeded by his son John Harriman.

John Harriman was born circa 1743 and continued his father's business in Workington until his death in 1812.

Price : £ 5,250

Guarantee : 12 months