Lot Essay
James McCabe jnr succeeded his father as a clockmaker and became one of the most successful clock and watchmakers of the 19th Century. He was apprenticed to Reid & Auld and became Free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1822. From 1838 his business operated under the name J.McCabe at 97 Cornhill, Royal Exchange, moving to 32 Cornhill after the Royal Exchange burned down. The present clock appears to be a simplified version of McCabe's well-known 'scroll' carriage clocks.