Bloomsbury Fine Art & Antiques
Portland, OR
Details
- Dimensions
- 21.5ʺW × 11ʺD × 81ʺH
- Styles
- Georgian
- Period
- 18th Century
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Brass
- Oak
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Brown
- Condition Notes
- Very good condition Very good condition less
- Description
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A very good 18th century early George III 8 day tall carved oak case grandfather clock, Gulielmus (William) Dickinson & …
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A very good 18th century early George III 8 day tall carved oak case grandfather clock, Gulielmus (William) Dickinson & George Brownless, of Staindrop Village, County Durham, England circa 1780.
This wonderful tall case clock has just been fully overhauled & cleaned by a professional clock-smith and is in very good working condition, the clock keeps very good time.
The clock is housed in the original carved oak case, both the hood and the body of the case is finely carved with floral & foliate carving, the hood door reveals a brass dial with Roman numerals & a subsidiary seconds dial, decorated cast brass spandrels to each corner with female masks. The clock having a circular raised boss to the top signed "Gulielmus Dickinson", the base is also signed "George Brownless Staindrop". Above the signature is an engraved fruiting basket with a calendar aperture below, to keep track of the date. The clock having an eight day time & strike mechanism; chiming out the hours on a mellow sounding bell.
The clock is in excellent condition, the case has been cleaned & waxed in Bloomsbury's workshops and the clock's mechanical works professionally cleaned & overhauled.
Staindrop is a very quaint village located in the Northeast of England, about six miles from Barnard Castle in County Durham. The village has roots going back to the early 8th century, in 1018 CE King Canute provided the village to Durham Priory associated with Durham Cathedral. There are many impressive medieval & Anglo-Saxon buildings in the area, including Raby Castle and St. Mary's church built in 771 CE.
The surveyor Jeremiah Dixon, who with Charles Mason calculated and laid out the Mason–Dixon line in North America, is buried in Staindrop. His resting place is in the Quaker burial ground adjoining the old Friends' Meeting House. Thomas Pynchon's historical fiction novel Mason & Dixon mentions Staindrop as containing Jeremiah Dixon's favourite public house.
Chairish sells clocks only with display as the intended use. The mechanical elements are not guaranteed to be in working order by Chairish. less
Bloomsbury Fine Art & Antiques
Portland, OR
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