John Sampson, Penzance a Georgian oak longcase clock: the ei...

Hammer

£500

John Sampson, Penzance a Georgian oak longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell with the twelve-inch brass break-arch dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman hour numerals and Arabic five-minute markings, the matted dial centre having an inset subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, with cast-brass c-scroll and female-head spandrels, the arch having a round silvered boss engraved with the maker's name John Sampson, Penzance, the oak case with cast-brass capitals to the fluted hood columns and surmounted by a caddy- top with fretwork panel and flanked by two brass ball-and-spire finials, height 226cm. Biography John Sampson is recorded as working in Penzance from at least 1752 when he advertised for 'any young man bred in the clock or watchmaking way wanting employment to apply to him'. He is also known to have been looking for an apprentice in 1762 and 1767. Reference Cornish Clocks and Clockmakers H. Miles Brown Pub. David & Charles 1980.