ANTIQUE
GRANDFATHER CLOCK
Ref:1651
ANTIQUE
GRANDFATHER CLOCK
ANTIQUE
LONGCASE CLOCK
BY
WILLIAM
FRYER OF YORK
A
QUALITY MAHOGANY CASED LONGCASE CLOCK WITH BOX WOOD
STRINGING, THE HOOD HAS A SWAN NECK PEDIMENT AND TURNED
PILLARS,
THE BASE
IS SUPPORTED BY FRENCH FEET, A
BEAUTIFUL13"
CONVEXD ENAMELLED DIAL WITH BEAUTIFUL PAINTED FLOWERS
AND FRUIT, ROMAN NUMERALS WITH BRASS HANDS, SUBSIDIARY
SECONDS DIAL AND DATE MOUTH,THE QUALITY FOUR PILLAR
MOVEMENT IS OF EIGHT DAY DURATION STRIKING ON THE
HOUR, ½ AND ¼HOUR ON A BELL
WILLIAM
FRYER 1809-1820, CLOCK AND WATCHMAKER IN YORK (1809)
PROBABLY LIVED AT POCKLINGTON AND WORKED IN YORK AND
ASSOCIATES WITH BOTH PLACES. HE HAD CHILDREN AT POCKLINGTON
BY HIS WIFE GRACE (ELIZABETH 1818, ANN1819) THEY LIVED
AT THE CANEL INN. HORATIO SMITH WAS AN APPRENTICE
IN1815. PRESUMABLY THOUGHT TO BE A RELATIVE OF JOHN
FRYER.
FULLY
SERVICED BY OUR CLOCKMAKER
CIRCA:
1835
HEIGHT:
7' 10" (2387mm)
DEPTH:
9 ½
(242mm)
WIDTH:
22"(558mm)
SOLD
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