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MOVEMENT
The movement has typically early long shouldered plates joined by six slender ringed baluster pillars, which are all latched at the front plate. The going train retains the original verge escapement, replete with crown wheel, potance, pendulum, backcock and bob; the train is entirely original, right down to the great wheel.
The bolt-and-shutter maintaining power is also original, including the original matting and gilding on the ‘paddles’.
The strike train retains almost complete originality, the hammer is mounted vertically on the backplate in the early manner pivoted at the top on a shaped brass cock with the hammer striking on the outside of the original bell which is mounted above the plates; the strike is regulated by the original countwheel which is secured to the backplate towards the upper right quadrant.
The original seatboard is constructed of oak, it is the only use of oak in the case, presumably for extra stability and security. The seatboard supports two rectangular movement blocks with four brass ‘staples’ on which to rest the plates. The movement is secured to the seatboard by means of two steel screws into the base pillars. The gut lines are secured to the seatboard by two original iron hooks located at the front right foot of each block.
Unique attributes
1. The earliest recorded walnut veneered longcase clock
2. The earliest known longcase clock with an entirely original escapement
PROVENANCE
F.H. Green
This clock was originally bought in 1931 by the dealer/collector F.H. Green, apparently from a residence in Oxford. The clock was given a page in The Antique Collector published in December 1931 describing it as a rare and instructive example of great beauty.
Mallets
The clock was then bought from F.H. Green by Mallets and sold to an American collector where it remained for some 80+ years.
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