A GEORGE III CANADIAN BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY EIGHT DAY STRIKING TABLE CLOCK

JOHN LUMSDEN, MONTREAL, CIRCA 1790

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A GEORGE III CANADIAN BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY EIGHT DAY STRIKING TABLE CLOCK
JOHN LUMSDEN, MONTREAL, CIRCA 1790
With bell top case, the silvered dial with Roman hours, Arabic five minutes and signed Jno. Lumsden/Montreal, with date aperture and subsidiary dial for strike/silent to arch, the twin train gut fusee movement with verge escapement and rack striking on a bell, with trip repeat, engraved back plate; with later winding key
19in. (48.2cm.) high

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Lot Essay

In 1993 Varkaris and Connell (Early Canadian Timekeepers, p.103) recorded just two tall case clocks and a bracket clock known by this Montreal silversmith, jeweller and horologer. Details on his clockmaking and life remain scarce. He married Mary Logoterie in Christ Church, Montreal, in November 1793. He lived on Notre Dame Street, Montreal, and has two mentions in the Quebec Gazette in 1799 and 1802. Following his death in 1802, his business was sold to Charles Irish in 1804, and sold on to Charles Arnoldi in 1806.

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