oaklongcase244

Case:	Well proportioned long door plain oak case with “silk” backed fret to flat topped hood.Side windows to hood.
Dial:	12” square brass dial with matted dial centre, engraving around date aperture, and starbust engraving to centre of seconds dial.The silvered brass chapter ring with engraved half hour markers.Urn spandrels.
Movement:	High quality 5 pillar movement with hourly ( rack ) striking.”London” quality.
Maker:	Wilmshurst of Deal.Recorded apprenticed in 1713 died 1777. Note.- A Thomas Wilmshurst from Mayfield in Sussex is recorded entering an apprenticeship with John Finch’s widow Mary in 1713.( John Finch was a noted London watch and clockmaker during the late17C and served as Master of the Clockmakers Company in 1707 ).The Deal man is believed to be the same person.There is no record of Thomas being freed in London but a number of watches and longcase clocks signed Deal are known to exist, with a watch in Canterbury museum.He retired in 1764 and died 5 August 1777.
Date:	Circa 1735
Height:	82.25” ( 209 cms.)
Price:	£7,450.	Back