28th Jul, 2022 9:30
Fine Art, Antiques & Asian Art
James Clowes, CC 1671-1705. A late 17th century month going longcase clock with bolt and shutter maintaining power, the six knopped pillar movement with outside countwheel and chiming on a single bell. The dial with matted centre, silvered chapter ring and fitted a date aperture and secondary dial at 12. o'clock within winged cherubs head spandrels, bearing the legend "James Clowes Londini Fecit". With a pair of brass cased corresponding weights and pendulum. Now housed in a later adapted 18th-century oak case.25 cm square the dial, 44 cm wide x 24 cm deep x 198 cm overall height. the case
A private estate, from a longstanding collection.
James Clowes was born in 1643 in Astbury, Cheshire and is the brother of John Clowes. James became a free brother in the Clockmaker's Company as a 'Great Clockmaker' in April 1671. He was working at St Giles in the Fields in 1673, then at Blackfriars in 1675. In 1697 he signed the Clockmaker's Oath of Allegiance and died in 1706.
Sold for £3,000
Condition Report
One corner of the dial is bent over
One hand is missing
This case is NOT original to the movement.
Two unexplained holes in the back plate
Signs of re-bushing.
James Clowes, CC 1671-1705. A late 17th century month going longcase clock with bolt and shutter maintaining power, the six knopped pillar movement with outside countwheel and chiming on a single bell. The dial with matted centre, silvered chapter ring and fitted a date aperture and secondary dial at 12. o'clock within winged cherubs head spandrels, bearing the legend "James Clowes Londini Fecit". With a pair of brass cased corresponding weights and pendulum. Now housed in a later adapted 18th-century oak case.25 cm square the dial, 44 cm wide x 24 cm deep x 198 cm overall height. the case
ProvenanceA private estate, from a longstanding collection.
