AN EARLY GEORGE II WALNUT THREE-TRAIN DUTCH STRIKING EIGHT-DAY LONGCASE CLOCK

JOHN ELLICOTT, LONDON, CIRCA 1730, CONCEIVED AS MUSICAL

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AN EARLY GEORGE II WALNUT THREE-TRAIN DUTCH STRIKING EIGHT-DAY LONGCASE CLOCK
JOHN ELLICOTT, LONDON, CIRCA 1730, CONCEIVED AS MUSICAL
CASE: the arched hood with pierced sound frets and outset columns, with feather banding to trunk door and stepped plinth DIAL: the 12 inch dial with female mask spandrels and engraved border, the Roman and Arabic chapter ring with diamond half hour markers, the arch with winged dolphins flanking the mock 'tune selection' ring inscribed 'The 3 Generals healths ye hours'/'The Dutch Skipper ye half hours', the matted centre with seconds ring, date square and reserve signed 'John Ellicott London', black painted steel hands, musical underdial work missing MOVEMENT: the partly disabled six pillar three train movement with anchor escapement and Dutch strike on two bells, replaced pin barrel for music with fifteen hammers striking eight bells presently disconnected, case with restorations; case key
98 in. (249 cm.) high; 23½ in. (59.7 cm.) wide; 11 in. (28 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

A striking walnut longcase clock by John Ellicott sold Sotheby's, London, 6 December 2011, lot 50, (£15,000).
The grand case proportions of this clock are as one would expect from one of the best London makers of the period.
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.

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