JOHN ELLICOTT, LONDON, CIRCA 1760

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY EIGHT-DAY QUARTER STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK
JOHN ELLICOTT, LONDON, CIRCA 1760
The break arch hood with brass-mounted fluted columns, with angular moulding to trunk door and plinth, losses, the 12-inch dial with silvered chapter ring, Roman hours and Arabic five-minute marks, date aperture and subsidiary seconds dial to centre, 'strike/silent' dial to arch, brass spandrels, blued-steel hands, signed Ellicott London to chapter ring, the three train movement with six pillars, quarter chiming on eight bells and hour striking on an additional bell, dead-beat escapement, with pendulum; three weights, case key and winding key
86 in. (218.5 cm.) high; 20¾ in. (52.7 cm.) wide; 10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) deep

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John Ellicott F.R.S. (1706-1772) was the son of John Ellicott, a London watchmaker who was himself the son of a watchmaker from Bodmin, Cornwall. His workshops were his father's in Swithin's or Sweeting's Alley, Royal Exchange. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1738, serving on its council for three years. In 1760 he was joined in business by his son Edward and in 1762 he was appointed Clockmaker to the King.

JOHN ELLICOTT, LONDON, CIRCA 1760

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