£200
A George III oak longcase clock, 33cm arched brass dial Bennitt (sic) Uttoxeter, Roman and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, cast spandrels, calendar dial, twin winding holes, 8 day movement striking on a bell, arched hood with dentil cornice and brass capped reeded Doric columns, shaped rectangular door to waist flanked by conforming quarter-columns, plinth base, 218cm high, c.1780 James Bennet was born 1739, son of clockmaker John Bennet of Cheadle, later of Uttoxeter, who had been apprenticed to John Whitehurst of Congleton, the famous clockmaker's father. His father having died in 1752, he was apprenticed instead to Thomas Sillito 1753-1760 when he was able to take over the family's business. His output was fairly prolific and he was succeeded by his son John in 1784, and died in 1798. James Bennett is recorded as working at Uttoxeter from before 1776 until after 1797, when he took on the last of three known apprentices.
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