William Johnson, Evesham, an oak longcase clock, the thirty...

Hammer

£90

William Johnson, Evesham, an oak longcase clock, the thirty-hour duration full-plate movement striking the hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the eleven-inch square painted dial having black Roman numerals, floral corner spandrels, blued steel hands and indistinctly signed to the centre W. Johnson, Evesham, the flat-top oak case having cast-brass capitals to the hood pillars, height: 190cm. Biography William Johnson is recorded as working in Bengworth, a locality adjoining Evesham, prior to 1801 when he took Ebenezer Fisher as an apprentice. Johnson died in 1804. Reference Joseph McKenna Clockmakers & Watchmakers of Central England Pub. Mayfield Books 2002.