Antique Mahogany Sheffield 8 Day Longcase / Grandfather Clock

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Seller: sojw3 ✉️ (1,249) 100%, Location: Worksop, GB, Ships to: GB, Item: 192830837683 ANTIQUE MAHOGANY SHEFFIELD 8 DAY LONGCASE / GRANDFATHER CLOCK . THIS AN ATTRACTIVE AND ORIGINAL EXAMPLE OF A LATE 18TH CENTURY ANTIQUE GRANDFATHER LONGCASE CLOCK RETAIL PRICE CIRCA £1500 CIRCA 1785 - 1795 IT WAS FULLY RESTORED BY SECOND TIME AROUND OF LINCOLN PRETTY HAND PAINTED FLOWERS TO DIAL WITH SAD MOUTH DATE MOVEMENT. ALSO HASSECOND MOVEMENT.  COST OVER £3000 WITH SERVICE, ALL ORIGINAL PURCHASE DOCUMENTATION AVAILABLE. MADE IN DRONFIELD, SHEFFIELD ENGLAND BY SAMUEL HILL    SAM HILL  MEASUREMENTS APROX 84" TALL (7 FEET) 390MM WIDE, 9 INCHES DEEP SALES DESCRIPTION ON PURCHASE: A LATE 18TH CENTURY OAK AND MAHOGANY CLOCK BY THIS NOTED SHEFFIELD CLOCKMAKER. THE CIRCULAR ENAMELLED DIAL IS TYPICAL OF THE EAST MIDLANDS / YORKSHIRE REGION AND IS RATHER UNUSUAL. THERE IS A DOUBLE CHAPTER RING OF BOTH ROMAN NUMERAL AND ARABIC NUMBERS, TOGETHER WITH A SECONDS CHAPTER AND CALENDER APERTURE. DECORATIVE SPRAYS OF PRETTY FLOWERS ARE FOUND INSIDE THE CHAPTER RING AND THE MAKER HAS ADDED HIS SIGNATURE NEAR THE WINDING HOLES. THE DARK OAK CASE IS CROSS BANDED IN MAHOGANY AND THE HOOD FEATURES A SWAN NECKED PEDIMENT WITH ORIGINAL PATERAE. SIMPLE TURNED WOODEN COLUMNS SUPPORT THE PEDIMENT AND THESE COLUMNS HAVE BRASS CAPS AND BASES. THE LONG DOOR HAS A SERPENTINE TOP AND ALMOST FILLS THE TRUNK. THE CASE HAS RETAINED A DELIGHTFUL COLOUR AND PATINATION OVER THE LAST TWO CENTURIES PLUS. THE MOVEMENT WILL RUN FOR EIGHT DAYS ON A SINGLE WINDING. IT IS ENAMELLED INSIDE BRASS PLATES WITH A TURNED PILLAR AT EACH CORNER. IT HAS AN ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT AND A RACK-STRIKING MECHANISM WHICH SOUNDS THE HOURS ON A SINGLE BELL. IT HAS BEEN CLEANED AND OVERHAULED INTO FINE WORKED ORDER. IN HIS BOOK 'YORKSHIRE CLOCKMAKERS, BRIAN LOOMES RECORDS THAT SAMUEL HILL WAS WORKING AS A CLOCKMAKER IN ECCLESFIELD WHEN HIS DAUGHTER, NANCY WAS BAPTISED. BY 1787 HE HAD MOVED TO BROAD LANE IN SHEFFIELD AND WAS WELL KNOWN FOR PRODUCING LONG CASED CLOCKS, OFTEN WITH CIRCULAR DIALS WHICH WERE USUALLY SIGNED S.HILL, SHEFFIELD. ALTHOUGH ONE WAS SIGNED S.HILL TOTLEY. HE WAS STILL WORKING AT BROAD LANE IN 1795. PAY CASH ON COLLECTION BUYER TO COLLECT. COMES WITH AN INFORMATION LEAFLET ON SETTING UP, SITING AND REGULATING PENDULUM CLOCKS PLEASE EMAIL ANY QUESTIONS
  • Age: Antique, Post-1900
  • Type: Longcase/ Grandfather Clock
  • Material: Oak & Mahogany
  • Clock Type: Longcase/ Grandfather Clock
  • Features: 8-Day

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