James Stratton
Director
Lot 61TP
A second half of the 18th century mahogany quarter chiming longcase clock John Ellicott, London.
2 December 2025, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£2,000 - £3,000
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Lewis Walduck
Cataloguer
A second half of the 18th century mahogany quarter chiming longcase clock
John Ellicott, London.
The arched hood with pierced soundfret supported on brass stop-fluted freestanding Doric columns, with arched glazed panels to the sides over a long door with moulded edge and panel base on a double apron. The 12 inch arched brass dial with strike/silent ring over a Roman and Arabic chapter ring signed John Ellicott, London framing the matted centre, with subsidiary seconds and chamfered date aperture. The substantial movement with thick brass rectangular plates united by six large brass knopped pillars, the anchor escapement chiming the quarters on eight bells and hammers, with hour strike on a further bell; with three brass-cased weights, pendulum, crank winder and two case keys.
7.6ft (2.23m) high.
The arched hood with pierced soundfret supported on brass stop-fluted freestanding Doric columns, with arched glazed panels to the sides over a long door with moulded edge and panel base on a double apron. The 12 inch arched brass dial with strike/silent ring over a Roman and Arabic chapter ring signed John Ellicott, London framing the matted centre, with subsidiary seconds and chamfered date aperture. The substantial movement with thick brass rectangular plates united by six large brass knopped pillars, the anchor escapement chiming the quarters on eight bells and hammers, with hour strike on a further bell; with three brass-cased weights, pendulum, crank winder and two case keys.
7.6ft (2.23m) high.
Footnotes
John Ellicott (London, 1706–1772) was one of the foremost English clock and watchmakers of the 18th century. The son of Cornish clockmaker John Ellicott (d. 1733), who had been admitted to the Clockmakers' Company in 1696, he established his own reputation through both scientific and horological innovation. Operating from Austin Friars Street and later Swithin's Alley by the Royal Exchange, Ellicott was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1738 and maintained a private observatory at his Hackney residence. He was particularly noted for his work on temperature-compensated pendulums and for his early use of the cylinder escapement. His refined workmanship earned him the appointment of Clockmaker to George III. In 1760, his son Edward joined the firm, and during their partnership the clocks produced were signed simply Ellicott, London.