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Lot Essay
Thomas Ogden was born in 1693 the second son of Samuel Ogden of Ripponden, Yorkshire. A Quaker, he married Grace Atkinson in 1724. It is uncertain when exactly he moved to his new workshop in the High Street, Hallifax where he also apparently owned Upper Swoft Place in nearby Soyland.
Brian Loomes, Yorkshire Clockmakers, 1985, pp.133-4, notes that Dent records him as the only maker known to him to put a ½ round brass beading around the edge of his dial plates.
He had no children, his wife died in 1766 aged 72 and he died in 1769 aged 77. His apprentice, John Knight inherited his tools and the fascinating obituary notice in the Leeds Mercury in 1769 read;...his superior abilities in his profession are sufficiently well known in this and some neighbouring counties. A great many Gentlemen's houses being furnished with the productions of his labours. He was one of the people called Quakers. His moderation and charity to other religios sects was truly exemplary. His peculiar diction in the Epistolatory style made his correspondence greatly desireable by anyone who had any connection with him, many of his epistles being preserved in the closets of the learned and curious. He was a steady friend and facetious companion compassionate and indulgent, a great promoter of industrious merit but a severe scourge of the slothful and indolent
Ogden's clocks are often of exceptional quality and highly individual, the present bracket clock is no exception.
Brian Loomes, Yorkshire Clockmakers, 1985, pp.133-4, notes that Dent records him as the only maker known to him to put a ½ round brass beading around the edge of his dial plates.
He had no children, his wife died in 1766 aged 72 and he died in 1769 aged 77. His apprentice, John Knight inherited his tools and the fascinating obituary notice in the Leeds Mercury in 1769 read;...his superior abilities in his profession are sufficiently well known in this and some neighbouring counties. A great many Gentlemen's houses being furnished with the productions of his labours. He was one of the people called Quakers. His moderation and charity to other religios sects was truly exemplary. His peculiar diction in the Epistolatory style made his correspondence greatly desireable by anyone who had any connection with him, many of his epistles being preserved in the closets of the learned and curious. He was a steady friend and facetious companion compassionate and indulgent, a great promoter of industrious merit but a severe scourge of the slothful and indolent
Ogden's clocks are often of exceptional quality and highly individual, the present bracket clock is no exception.