MAHOGANY CASED EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK
BY JOHN ELLICOTT, LONDON, MID 18TH CENTURY
£7,000
Auction: 28 October 2015 at 10:00 GMT
Description
the arched moulded cornice with three brass ball finials, above arched brass dial with silvered chapter ring, subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture and strike/silent dial to the arch, cast spandrels, the arched moulded trunk door between gilt brass mounted Corinthian column angles, moulded plinth base and bracket feet
47.5cm wide, 237cm high, 26.5cm deep
Footnote
Note:
John Ellicott (1702-1776) was the most famous member of a family who were amongst the finest clockmakers of the 18th century. He was the son of an eminent clockmaker, also John, who had been admitted to the Clockmaker's Company in 1696. When his father died in 1733, John took over the business. In 1738 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He showed a keen interest in all scientific matters and maintained an observatory at his home in Hackney. One of his most significant achievements was his work on the compensated pendulum. He also supplied clocks to the Spanish Royal Family. His son, Edward (d.1791), joined the business in 1760 and from then their joint clocks were simply signed Ellicott.
Provenance: Torridon House, Home of The Earls of Lovelace. Click here for further information: http://bit.ly/1MmigxQ