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Lot Essay
The Joyces of Whitchurch were the subject of an article in Antiquarian Horology (September 1969) by Charles K. Aked.
The firm J.B. Joyce and Company of Whitchurch (Shropshire) was originally founded in 1690/2. The family remained in the clock trade for 273 years until Norman Joyce, the last member of the family to run the company, sold the firm's assets to John Smith and Sons of Derby in 1963. In the 19th century, after Lord Grimthorpe had fallen out with the firm of Dent, Joyce & Co. were one of the firms he used to make his turret clocks (including one for his own home, Batchwood House - a signal honour, given his exacting standards). The firm also benefited from the 19th century railway boom, making thousands of station clocks.
The firm J.B. Joyce and Company of Whitchurch (Shropshire) was originally founded in 1690/2. The family remained in the clock trade for 273 years until Norman Joyce, the last member of the family to run the company, sold the firm's assets to John Smith and Sons of Derby in 1963. In the 19th century, after Lord Grimthorpe had fallen out with the firm of Dent, Joyce & Co. were one of the firms he used to make his turret clocks (including one for his own home, Batchwood House - a signal honour, given his exacting standards). The firm also benefited from the 19th century railway boom, making thousands of station clocks.