John Simpson, Wigton, a Victorian oak and mahogany 30 hour p...

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£120 - £150

John Simpson, Wigton, a Victorian oak and mahogany 30 hour painted dial longcase clock, the 14" dial with river scene to the arch and a church to the centre, date aperture, the movement striking on a bell, height 215 cm, pendulum, key.
The Simpson family of clockmakers were Quakers with the brothers John and Joseph setting up business circa 1758. John died in 1796 and Joseph soon after with John Simpson Junior continuing the business until his death in 1837. The majority of their clocks were of thirty-hour duration, but a number of eight-day examples are known with at least two housing musical movements. See Brian Loomes 'Clockmakers of Northern England', Mayfield Books 2007.