Richard Longhurst, Steyning an oak longcase clock the thirty...

Hammer

£70

Richard Longhurst, Steyning an oak longcase clock the thirty-hour duration movement striking the hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the eleven-inch square painted dial having black Roman numerals, decorative corner spandrels and signed R. Longhurst, Steyning, with decorative blued steel hands, the flat-top oak case with cast-brass capitals to the hood pillars, height 190cm. Biography Richard Longhurst is recorded as working in Steyning, Sussex having married there in 1776/7 prior to his move to Seaford in 1784 until at least 1834 being no longer recorded by 1839. Reference Brian Loomes Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World NAG Press 1988.