FRANCIS GREGG, LONDON. CIRCA 1735

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A George II walnut longcase clock
Francis Gregg, London. Circa 1735
The case with stepped and moulded break arch top, with inset brass-capped columns flanking the hood door and conforming three-quarter columns to the rear slats, glazed side panels, the break arch trunk door with moulded frame and feather banding, both doors with later brass escutcheons, with conforming banding to the plinth raised on a double skirting, the backboard with pasted document some of the clock's history, the 12in. wide brass dial with mask and foliate spandrels to a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with lozenge half hour markers, the matted centre with silvered subsidiary seconds ring and square date aperture, signed on a rectangular silvered plaque Fran. Gregg LONDON, blued steel hands, the subsidiary silvered strike/silent ring in the arch also with matted centre and flanked by dolphin spandrels, the five pillar movement with anchor escapement and rack strike on bell
8 ft. 4½ in. (230 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Born circa 1677, Gregg was apprenticed to John Clowes in 1691 through to 1698. There is no record of him being made Free but he is recorded in Russell Street in 1711 and then in St James 1714-1729. Brian Loomes, The Early Clockmakers of Great Britain, NAG, 1981, p.263.

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