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Long Case Clocks
Small Mahogany Antique Regency Longcase Clock

3309

Circa 1830.
 
Only 76 inches high / 6 foot 4 inches / 193 cm
 
White 12" painted convex dial sgd. A. Mitchell, Glasgow.
The dial retains its original paintwork.
 
The mahogany clock case and movement made in London and brought to Glasgow for A. Mitchell II perhaps as a special order or as stock for his Glasgow shops.
 
The bell striking 8-day movement # 1176 unsigned but most likely by Thwaites & Reed, (London, 1808 - 1840) with anchor escapement, 5 Pillars and strike / silent lever over XII
The weights are the original brass cased London type as is the heavy pendulum bob; it is on a wood rod with a rating nut.
 
Dimensions taken at their widest points, 6 foot 4 inches high 17.5 inches wide 9.5" deep
 
 
 
The Mitchell clock making family of Glasgow;
Alexander Mitchell II. Admitted as freeman 1822.  Eldest son of William Mitchell (Mitchell & Russell 1803-41) and grandson of Alexander Mitchell I. Gorbals, Glasgow 1798.
 
Alexander took over his fathers business which was subsequently absorbed by John & William Mitchell (1833) who advertised as having premises in Glasgow & London.
 
We also have in stock a small rosewood mantel clock by Mitchell see ref 3073
 
I have owned recently a London mantel clock sold by Mitchells
 
A Small Antique Satinwood Cased 4 Glass Mantel Clock. John & W. Mitchell, London & Glasgow. Circa 1840. Signed silvered dial with Roman numerals. Finely veneered satinwood case with bevelled glasses to sides and top. 8-Day timepiece, fusee movement with anchor escapement. John & William Mitchell, were established as clock and watchmakers at 80 Argyll St. Glasgow from 1835
 
The Thwaites business was founded in London by Aynsworth Thwaites in about 1760 and traded as Aynsworth & John Thwaites when father and son were in partnership. John Thwaites traded under his own name from circa 1780 until 1817 when he took his wife’s nephew, George Jeremiah Reed, into partnership. The Thwaites and Reed business continued into the late 20th century


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Antique miniature mahogany inlaid longcase clock

3716

 

Only 55 inches / 140cm high

Circa 1900

Le Roy & Fils, 57 New Bond St, London.

Top quality mahogany case profusely inlaid with boxwood lines, foliage and flowers in urns and fluted vases, dyed green swags, shell patera and grotesques. The hood flanked by Corinthian columns, the waist door by Corinthian fluted quadrants.

7 Inch gilt brass dial with silvered chapter ring, subsidiary chime / silent ring, engraved centre, scrolling foliage and flower head decorative spandrels and Arabic, Art Noveau numerals, signed Le Roy & Fils, 57 New Bond St., London.

Three train quarter striking fusee movement with maintaining power and long pendulum, striking Westminster chimes on a rack of four gongs and the hour on a further large gong.

Given that these clocks are normally twice this size this miniature is an unusual and rather rare clock. We have had the full size version of these clocks often in the past but have never seen one this small.

Clock case and movement made in London for Le Roy, (the retailer) for their New Bond St, premises.

Dimensions taken at their greatest points;

54.75 inches (139cms) high, 13.25" (33.5cm) wide, 10.75" (27.5cm) deep.

ref 3716


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Antique Scottish pine cased long case clock with rocking ship and alarm function

3964

Antique Scottish pine cased long case clock with automata ship and rare alarm function.


Simon Forrest, Kirkfieldbank. Circa 1820


13 Inch painted dial with famous Scots in the spandrels, Ramsey, Burns, Scott and Campbell.
The arch painted with a coastal scene and with a rocking ship moving in the centre.
Dial with Roman numerals, 2 subsiduary dials for date and seconds, brass hands and a third central hand for setting the alarm.


8-Day movement striking the hours on a bell, the alarm mechanism built within the movements plates, ringing on a second bell.


The case made of Scottish pine, with swan neck pediment, reeded columns to the hood and the trunk, standing on bracket feet.


Simon Forrest is recorded as working in Kirkfieldbank, Lanarkshire from 1800-1837
We had one of this maker’s, clocks in for repair some time ago, it had the same alarm mechanism in it.


Dimensions taken at their greatest points
83 inches / 211cm High, 21.5 inches / 55cm deep, 10 inches / 26cm wide.


Ref 3964


Price: ￡  3250.00

 

 

Antique Scottish walnut drumhead Longcase clock

4035


John Carswell, Kilmarnock.
Circa 1875


Figured walnut drumhead case with glass door and sides and bombe base.
8-day movement striking the hours on a bell with dead beat escapement and maintaining power.
Very unusual thin brass weights with the pulleys built into their tops and matching pendulum with wooden rod.
Painted white and gold dial in nice original condition.


Dimensions taken at their greatest points;
85 inches / 7 foot 1 inch / 216cm high
21.5 inches / 54cm wide
10.5 / 27cm deep
12 inch / 31cm dial

ref 4035


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Antique Scottish mahogany inlaid longcase clock

3895

Antique Scottish mahogany inlaid longcase clock

J. Dickman, leith, Edinburgh.

Circa 1790

12 inch painted dial with floral decoration, Roman and Arabic numerals.

8-Day weight driven movement striking the hours on a bell with cast iron weights, brass pendulum bob and original steel crank winder.

Classical Edinburgh case with fretted hood , string inlays and base inlaid with shells in the corners.
Dimensions taken at their greatest points

87 inches high, 19.5 inches wide, 10.5 inches deep.

John Dickman, clock, chronometer and watchmaker.

Kirkgate, Leith. 1794

Moved to George St, Edinburgh in 1842

Leith is Edinburgh’s port.


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Rare antique Scottish mahogany longcase clock

4038


P.McFarlane & Sons, Glasgow.
Circa 1860


Rare mahogany drumhead case with a fluted column on a five sided base and with a nicely carved hood cresting.
Painted 12 inch circular Roman dial with subsidiary seconds and date dials.
8-Day 2-train weight driven movement, strilking the hours on a bell.


Dimensions taken at their greatest points;
84 inches / 7 feet / 213cm high,
22 inches / 56cm wide,
11.75 inches / 30 cm deep,
12 inch / 31cm dial


Peter McFarlane. Watchmaker, Goldsmith & Jeweller, 10 Argyll St, Glasgow. 1841.
His sons became partners in 1870.


ref 4038


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Antique Scottish mahogany longcase clock

3827

 


Robert Dalgleish, Falkirk

Scottish, Circa 1820

Painted dial with Roman and Arabic numerals decorated with fans in the 4 spandrels and with flowers and thistles in the arch.

The mahogany case is a deep colour, having its original finish, the hood with swan neck pediment and turned pillers with its original glass having nice flaws in it. The trunk with a long door over a plain base and standing on bracket feet.

8-Day weight driven movement striking the hours on a bell with cast iron weights, brass bob pendulum and original steel crank winder.


Dimensions taken at their greatest points,

85 inches high. 22.5" wide. 10.5" deep.

13 inch dial.

Ref 3827


Robert Dalgleish, Falkirk, recorded working 1796-1832.


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Antique Scottish mahogany longcase clock

3853

 

Jno. Smith, Bathgate.

Scottish. Circa 1870.

 


Painted dial with Roman numerals and brass hands, painted with a coastal scene in the arch depicting a small harbour, a lighthouse and a beached fishing boat, the spandrels with country cottages and garden scenes.

 

Nice quality mahogany case of nice deep and original colour with swan neck pediment and turned columns, the trunk with convex door and side pillars over a panelled base and standing on bracket feet.
 

 

8-Day weight driven movement striking the hours on a bell, retaining its original, flat cast iron weights, decorated pendulum with painted thistle and crank steel winding key. 

John Smith, clock and watch maker, recorded working in Bathgate before 1880.

 

ref 3853

 

Dimensions taken at their greatest points,

86.5 inches high. 20.5" wide. 10" deep.

14 inch dial.

 


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Small Antique Regency Mahogany London Longcase Clock

3732

 


Richard Morse, Charing Cross, London.


Circa 1830.


High quality case with fine mouldings and veneers, fine fretted top pediment with 3 brass ball finials.


8-day, 4 pillar movement with shaped plates, most likely by Thwaites, London.
12 inch silvered dial with seconds and calendar subsidiary dials, signed Morse, Charing Cross.


Dimensions taken at their greatest points;
84 inches / 7 foot/ 214cm High
16.5 inches / 42cm Wide
9 inches / 23cm Deep.
12 inch / 30.5cm Dial

From Loomes
Morse & Co, London. 1839
Richard Morse, London. 1844-64


From the 1841 London census
Residents in Charing Cross included Charles Prater the army clothier at No. 2, William Jolley the glover at No.7, Richard Morse the watchmaker at No. 30, Johnston the confectioner at No. 10, and Stubbing the butcher at No. 17.


The movement most likely by Thwaites, London.
The Thwaites business was founded in London by Aynsworth Thwaites in about 1760 and traded as Aynsworth & John Thwaites when father and son were in partnership. John Thwaites traded under his own name from circa 1780 until 1817 when he took his wife’s nephew, George Jeremiah Reed, into partnership. The Thwaites and Reed business continued into the late 20th century

ref 3732


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