17th C London Lantern Clocks & Restorations
Forty years of antique clock collecting, trading and the comprehensive restoration
of early clocks
NAWCC Member 71355
07595 180138 or email earlyclocks@gmail.com
Forty years of antique clock collecting, trading and the comprehensive restoration
of early clocks
NAWCC Member 71355
07595 180138 or email earlyclocks@gmail.com
-A fine oversized Lothbury lantern c1655 by Knifton acquired / added to collection (engraved behind the dial the details of verge pendulum update 1689)
-Rare miniature striking verge lantern by George - Prior London
-RQuelch project page showing completed clock restoration / balance reinstatemen videos featuring two NAWCC Bulletin articles commencing MAY-JUNE 2023—RQuelch project page showing completed clock restoration / balance reinstatemen videos featuring two NAWCC Bulletin articles commencing MAY-JUNE 2023
-‘Ten Year Collection (2014-23)‘ book available (425 images / 43+ makers)-Low res pdf download
Off my project shelf:
-A Good Project Lantern Clock ‘John Clowes - Londini Fecit’ C1680. £1400 DIY
-A Good Project Lantern Clock ‘John Barnett at Ye Peacock in Lothbury‘ C1670. £1500 DYI
-John Knibb project lantern can be offered with required parts (you do the work!)
Updated 26 JUN 2024
Lantern clock balance and verge pendulum escapements reinstated from anchor.
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Parts machined and fabricated. Period replacement parts sourced And missing parts made.
A major restoration project froma barn-find partial, to balance refit and complete restoration.
An interesting and a rare clock, originally a smaller 4 inch dial frame with balance and alarm only. The clock dates from about 1670. About 1700 the alarm was removed and replaced with a full striking capability. ~150 years later the escapement was changed / updated to long pendulum anchor for improved timekeeping.
Before and after - images and YouTube video link
Early Clocks Sourced and Traded
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Completed comprehensive restoration with replacement verge (JAN 2022)
Probably Henton Brown ~1760.
BESPOKE REPLACEMENT LANTERN CLOCK BELLS
Successors to White Chapel Bell Foundrey - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitechapel_Bell_Foundry
These folks originally supplied most of the Lothbury clockmakers 350+ years ago (also Big Ben, and the famous Liberty Bell in the US). After closing its doors in 2017 (having been in business since1570), the long time shop foreman reopened in Bromley.
My study attributing a full sized London lantern clock (as surfaced - DEC 2009) as a product from the workshops of Peter Closon – ‘Neer Holburn Bridge’ London’, a prolific maker of these clocks from 1625-1660 in the Lothbury clockmakers’ district in London. The clock was sold on to a collector unrestored.
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Earlyclocks.uk - Rope Splicing Procedure JUN22 (pdf)
DownloadNow retired commercially, I have a modest but dynamic collection including a small stock of early clocks to trade, and take on early lantern clock and other early domestic clock projects on a part time basis.
I look forward to assisting those interested however I can.
I've been involved with antique clock restoration since a teenager in the
Now retired commercially, I have a modest but dynamic collection including a small stock of early clocks to trade, and take on early lantern clock and other early domestic clock projects on a part time basis.
I look forward to assisting those interested however I can.
I've been involved with antique clock restoration since a teenager in the 1970s, spending summers working with an uncle in Clerkenwell London learning horological skills. My father was a trained English cabinetmaker from whom I learned case work. During my undergraduate years and throughout my commercial scientific career, I remained active in the restoration and trading of earlier antique clocks. During my professional life I'd been lucky to have been involved with art history conservation projects with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale Museum of British Art, and other important museums. A member of the National Association of Clock Collectors for over 30 years, I've taken part in numerous technical, historical, a conservation seminars.
I split my time between the US and UK.
...by phone or email earlyclocks@gmail.com
Always looking for good conversation with fellow collectors, and quality consignments.
Most days by appointment
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