Jn. Criddle, Bridgewater and oak longcase clock the thirty-h...

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£110

Jn. Criddle, Bridgewater and oak longcase clock the thirty-hour duration movement striking the hours on a bell and having an eleven-inch square brass painted dial with black Arabic numerals, floral corner spandrels, date aperture, blued steel hands and signed Jn. Criddle, Bridgwater, the oak flat-top case with scroll cresting and Westcountry 'chimney', with turned pillars to the hood and all standing on bracket feet, height 195cm. Biography: John Criddle is recorded as working in St. Mary Street, Bridgewater from circa 1807 until at least 1830 having ben apprenticed to Charles Price of Wiveliscombe. Reference: A.J. Moore The Clockmakers of Somerset Pub. by the author 1998.