Carlton Clocks

Description

A fine George III mahogany longcase clock by this eminent maker, dated c.1790.

A super quality clock, the case feauturing some beautiful flame figured mahogany veneers, especially to the trunk door and base. The hood has a shallow moulded broken-arch with cavetto cornice, over brass stop-fluted columns and foliate-pierced side frets. The panel-fronted plinth base is raised on a moulded double skirt.

The 8-day five pillar rack and bell striking movement has a deadbeat escapement.

The 12-inch silvered brass Roman numeral dial has a large subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture to the centre and Arabic five minutes to outer track. At the twelve o'clock position is a N/S strike/silent lever. The dial is signed <i>Alexander Cumming, LONDON</i> to the arch.

Original matching pierced steel hands.

Height 77ins (195cm).

Alexander Cumming was born in Edinburgh 1733 and initially worked as a clock and watchmaker in Inveraray. By 1763 he had moved to London and had been appointed as a member of the commission to adjudicate Harrison's marine timekeeper. In 1765 Cumming presented his celebrated barograph clock for King George III before completing his best-known work on horology Elements of Clock and Watch Work Adapted to Practice in 1766.
In 1781 he was made an Honoury Freeman of the Clockmakers Company. Alexander Cumming died in 1814 leaving his business to his nephew, John Grant.
We are proud to be one of the UK’s finest suppliers of high quality Antique Clocks. We are based in Somerset, but also serve the rest of the UK. We are also delighted to have a number of overseas customers.

The workshops have recently relocated to Somerset and we continue to stock a large range of antique clocks and new clocks at very competitive prices.

We are proud to be members of LAPADA, the Association of Art and Antique Dealers.
Carlton Clocks is also a business partner of the British Horological Institute.

Ian has years of experience in restoring and maintaining clocks. He has a particular interest in early electric clocks. You will see from our Electric Clocks catalogue that we also manufacture and supply a small range of parts for Bulle, Eureka and Brillie electric clocks.

The mix of other clocks for sale is limited only by what Ian finds interesting and/or beautiful, aesthetically or mechanically.