Description
A very rare early 19th century oval dial 8 day duration grandfather clock, the dial signed Lawrence of Lancaster.
The lovey painted scene dial with subsidiary seconds, calendar and inset moon-phase to the centre. Rocking father time to the arch.
The 8 day duration movement striking the hours on a single bell.
The outsanding cabinet probably made by the famous firm Gillows of Lancaster. Typical Lancaster round top to the trunk door. Finely matched mahogany veneers to the trunk door and the base.
John Lawrence of Lancaster is recorded in Clocks of North Lancashire & Westmoreland by Susan Stuart as a clockmaker in Penny St, Lancaster from 1754 and was made a freeman of the city.
