Clockwise Antique Clocks - Longcase Clocks

In addition to these illustrated clocks we normally stock country longcases by Sussex makers, particularly Petworth, Horsham and Steyning examples. Please phone 01903 814803 for current availability.

EIGHT DAY MAHOGANY LONGCASE
by James Rankin of Kilmarnock

A superb mahogany case of classic Scottish design with rounded hood on a tapering trunk. The trunk has canted front corners and a flame mahogany impost above the trunk door.The locking trunk door, with fancy key, is also tapered and has fine mahogany flame veneers and cross banding round the sides. The plinth also has fine veneers and cross banding on the front with a canted skirting sitting on pad feet. The rounded hood has carving under the door and a classic fret above. The locking door has an 18” turned mahogany surround with a giltwood sight ring. The 13” silvered dial has Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds and calendar dials. It is signed JAs. RANKIN KILMARNOCK, the blue steel hands are split moon design. The well made 8 day plated movement has anchor escapement and rack strike sounding the hours on a genteel bell. The height of this clock is 206cms.
The Rankin (Ranken, Rankine) family were famous Scottish clockmakers. James and John worked in Edinburgh from about 1760 and their sons James and William are recorded in Kilmarnock. Sorn and Old Cumnock from the late 18th century with relatives in Greenock, Alnwick, Belfast, Oban and Philadelphia in the 19th century. This fine example is circa 1810.

Stock No: CA1051 Price: £2500

WALNUT GRAND-DAUGHTER CLOCK
This superb 19th century timepiece is a fine reproduction of a 17th century design. The walnut case has Dutch marquetry designs with urns, flowers and leaves on the front. The hood has barley twist pillars and side frets with a brass framed door and cushion top. The 7” square brass dial is engraved with birds and flowers with a silvered chapter ring and Roman numerals, it is signed Pickering –London. The 15 day movement has baluster pillars, dead beat escapement and maintaining power. The design of this clock is based on a clock by George Pickering working in London circa 1700. The movement is made by Thwaites and Reed established in 1740, the front plate numbering indicates it was made circa 1850. The height of this Grand- Daughter is 145 cms.

Stock No: CA9103 Price: £4500

A SUSSEX LONGCASE CLOCK
A country longcase clock in a well patinated medium oak case with locking trunk door. The flat topped hood has a door with integral turned pillars and giltwood pillar caps. The 12” painted dial has Roman numerals and a date aperture, the centre and corners have very attractive floral decorations; the dial is signed Wm. Taylor – Petworth. The 30 hour movement has anchor escapement and countwheel strike sounding the hours on a tenor bell.
William Tayl

or is recorded working in Petworth Circa 1770.

Stock No: CA955 Price: £1950

ELM GRANDMOTHER CLOCK
by John Millard of Tewkesbury

A beautiful George III country Grandmother in a rare elm case, the locking trunk door and plinth showing the fine grain. The hood has a flat top with moulded cornice, the door has integral turned pillars & gilded caps. The 10” square dial has a silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals and quarter and half hour markings for the blue steel single hand. The maker Millard - Tewkesbury is under the VI. The birdcage 30 hour movement has iron corner pillars. There is an anchor escapement and count-wheel strike sounding the hours on a sonorous bell. John Millard is recorded as a clock and watch maker working in Tewkesbury circa 1771. Very few elm cases were made and even fewer have survived over two centuries. The clock is 195 cms high which qualifies it as a Grandmother.

Stock No: CA992 Price: £3300

MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK
A well patinated Cuban mahogany case, the trunk with fluted quarter columns and a superbly grained locking trunk door. The hood has a flat topped cornice with dentil moulding and fluted pillars with Corinthian pillar caps. The fine 12” silvered break arch dial has Roman hour numerals and is engraved Wm C Tooke – LYNN. There is a strike / silent dial in the arch. The hands are fretted blue steel. The five pillar eight day movement has anchor escapement and rack strike sounding the hours on a tenor bell. The Norfolk town of Lynn was founded in 1086,in 1483 it became royal property under Henry VIII. William Tooke was working in Lynn making clocks and watches during the late 18th century. The clock is 208 cms high. c.1780

Stock No: CA993 Price: £2750

A GEORGIAN OAK LONGCASE
by William Gill - Maidstone

An imposing oak case, the break arch locking trunk door has a lenticle
glass and moulded edging. The oak plinth stands on a double oak skirting.
The break arch hood has turned and grooved pillars with brass pillar
caps and quarter pillars at the back. There are inspection windows at the sides and the glazed door has a security bolt. The pagoda top has three brass ball and spire finials. The superb 12” break arch dial has a silvered chapter ring with Roman hour numerals and quarter hour gradations on the inner ring with Fleur de Lys half hour markers. The outer ring has Arabic five minute markers. There is an engraved wheat- ear decoration round the dial edge and the matt centre has a silvered seconds dial with a star centre, the calendar aperture has a wheat- ear surround and silvered date ring. The arch has a domed silvered plaque engraved with the makers name Willm. Gill - Maidstone, the outer edge engraved with triangular decoration in red and black. There are Dolphin spandrels in the arch and the four corner spandrels are C&W no.21 introduced in 1720. The blue steel hands are fretted and pierced. The 8 day movement has 5 turned and ringed pillars, anchor escapement and rack strike sounding the hours on an alto bell. There are some very unusual features to the strike mechanism which has a gravity rack without a rack spring and the gathering pallet has no tail; the positive stop is achieved by a stop arm connected through the plates and locking with a pin on the pallet wheel. The pendulum has a brass covered bob which is engraved with a star motif. William Gill is listed by Brian Loomes working in Maidstone from circa 1737 – 1770. He was an innovative maker as shown by his very efficient design of the forward strike mechanism of this clock.
His movements could also be used with a repeat pull mechanism for the strike and for this reason the weight on the strike side does not fall as far as the going train on clocks such as this where the owner did not require a repeat pull.

Stock No: CA 831 Price: £3950

From the Beverly Battersby Collection
A MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK
by John Glennie - London

An imposing mahogany case, the trunk with full length fluted quarter pillars with turned mahogany capitals and reeded brass inlays.The break arch locking trunk door has superb flame mahogany veneer and a complex moulded surround. The plinth has a flame mahogany panel with moulded surround and stands on an apron skirting. The break arch hood also has fluted pillars and reeded brass inlays with brass pillar caps with quarter pillars at the back. There are silk backed fretted sound panels at the sides. The pagoda top also has a fretted sound aperture and two substantial ball and spire brass finials. The locking hood door with case latch protects the magnificent break arch dial with 11”silvered chapter ring engraved with Roman hour numerals and Arabic five minute markers, the inner ring shows the quarter hours and half hour Fleur de Lys symbols. There is a silvered subsidiary seconds dial and a calendar aperture. There is a silvered Tempus Fugit dial in the arch with the maker’s name John Glennie – London framing the Father Time automaton. The hands are pierced and fretted blue steel. The spandrels are CA no.21 and the dolphin spandrels in the arch are CA no.38. The eight day movement has anchor escapement and rack strike
sounding the hours on a mellow bell. The plates have five turned and ringed pillars. There is a strap pendulum with large brass faced bob and the lead weights are brass cased. We have found no recorded details of John Glennie but it is thought that he was a clockmaker making to order for London society. The Beverly Battersby Collection was built up by Beverly Anne daughter of John Beresford Battersby and his wife Nora. She was educated at Roedean and St. Andrews university and studied fine art in Madrid, Paris, Perugia and Vienna, she spoke six languages and led guided fine art tours of London in her younger days. In her later years she was a generous patron of the arts and throughout her life she was a passionate collector of art and of the finest antiques. She died at her home in Blackheath in July 2007 aged sixty-eight and her important collection came on the market in 2008.

Stock No: CA 862 Price:£5500

A SUSSEX GRANDMOTHER
by James Irish - Steyning

A fine example of an 18th century oak thirty hour country longcase clock by a Sussex maker. The solid oak case has a rectangular trunk door with lockand brass escutcheon. The base stands on an oak skirting. The hood has a flat moulded top, the square door has a side latch and integral turned pillars with turned giltwood pillar caps, there are carved serrations on the caps ( unique to this maker? there are also quarter pillars at the back with similar caps. The 10” silvered dial has Roman numerals and an inner ring graduated in quarter hours for the single hand of fretted blued steel. The dial centre is signed James Irish – Steyning the dial corners are decorated with floral engravings. The 30 hour chain driven movement has anchor escapement and countwheel strike sounding the hours on a sonorous bell. James Irish was a watch and clockmaker and silversmith
who was working in Steyning ante 1784, he moved to Brighton at a date sometime after 1790. Height 193cms.

Stock No: CA693 Price: £2200

A SUSSEX GRANDMOTHER
by John Inkpen - Horsham

A beautiful example of an early 18th century 30 hour country longcase clock by a Sussex maker. The solid oak case has a break arch locking trunk door with chamfered edges and is cut to show the medullary markings. There are convex mouldings to the plinth which stands on a double oak skirting. A concave moulding supports the slide off ‘one piece’ hood with three quarter turned pillars at the front and quarter pillars at the back all with giltwood caps. The hood has a caddy top using both the convex and the concave mouldings. The 10”dial has a silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals and inner quarter hour markings for the single blue steel fretted hand. The spandrels are twin cherubs with crown and sceptre; C&W no 8. The matt dial centre has engraved swags and a bird; a plain panel in the upper half is engraved Jno. Inkpen Horsham. A smaller panel above appears to be engraved 1717, if this is correct it would make this clock one of the earliest by this maker who was born in 1700. The birdcage movement has brass corner posts and anchor escapement. As is normal with this type of movement the strike train is set behind the going train with a countwheel on the back cruciform. The clock strikes the hours on a sonorous bell. The height of this clock is only 6’5” which qualifies it as a Grandmother. John Inkpen was born in 1700, was taking in apprentices by 1726, he was married in 1734. Many of his early clocks were single handed birdcage movements but he did make some two handed plated movements later. He died in 1759.

Stock No: CA 662 Price: £2500

LACQUERED LONGCASE CLOCK
by Peregrine Tawney, London

A beautiful George I chinoiserie lacquered case with gilt floral decoration on the sides. The locking break arch trunk door has well delineated scenes of pavilions and of rural life, the plinth also has rural scenes and stands on an apron skirting. The break arch hood is also decorated, the sides have floral patterns with side inspection windows, the door has integral pillars with geometric and floral patterns and giltwood caps, there are also quarter pillars at the back. The 12" break arch dial has silvered chapter ring with inner graduations for the Roman hours and Fleur de Lys half hours, the outer graduations have Arabic 5 minute numerals.The dial centre is matt with a silvered seconds ring and a calendar aperture. The spandrels are C&W 21 pattern and are gilded. There is a silvered plaque in the arch engraved Pere.Tawney London with wheat- ear border supported by gilded dolphin spandrels. The blued steel hands are fretted and pierced. The eight day movement has turned and ringed pillars and an anchor escapement, there is a rack strike sounding the hours on a temple bell. The brass cased weights are complemented by a brass strap pendulum with an iron bob finely decorated with gilt and floral emblems.
Height 216cms. Peregrine Tawney is recorded working in London 1700 - 1730

Stock No: CA 616 Price: £5500

18TH CENTURY 30 HOUR LONGCASE CLOCK
A fine 18th century 30 hour longcase clock in a case with oak carcass and mahogany graining. The trunk, with a Gothic topped locking door, stands on a plinth with bracketed skirting. The hood has a cushion top with three brass ball finials, simple turned pillars with brass Corinthian caps and a square door with the original rolled glass. The 11" brass dial has a silvered chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic 5 minute markings on a an arcaded minute ring. The spandrels are Rococo style C&W no. 40, the dial centre is mated with engravings of eagles and with a silvered calendar dial. The chapter ring is singed under the VI Wm. Russell, Wootton. The blued steel hands are nicely fretted and pierced. The 30 hour chain driven movement has anchor escapement and an outside countwheel striking the hours on a sonorous bell. Height 203cms excluding finials.

William Russell is recorded as working in Wootton Bassett (Wiltshire) during the 18th century, he was noted in Wells circa 1746 and 1790.

Stock No: CA 41010 Price: £1500