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Antique clocks for sale

A very rare and exceptionally handsome Charles II lantern clock with square dial (6 inches wide by 6 1/2 high) made in the 1670s with verge pendulum, converted later to anchor and long pendulum, unsigned but clearly London work. After cleaning.
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Fine lantern clock made in the 1670s or 1680s by the well-known Edward Stanton of London, originally with verge pendulum converted later to anchor escapement, unrestored but in full working order. See article. SOLD.
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An exciting lantern clock made in the 1670s/80s by Joseph Curtis of Chew Magna, Somerset, formerly with verge pendulum, converted later to anchor escapement and long pendulum, unrestored but in working order. Only one other lantern clock has been documented by this very rare maker. see article.
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A handsome lantern clock made in the 1690s by William Barlow of King's Lynn, one of the earliest clockmakers in Norfolk and also a gunsmith, who was working there from 1693 and died in 1723. Only a handful of clocks are known by him. This one was made with a centre verge pendulum converted later to long pendulum. Pictured after cleaning. See article.
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A very rare, perhaps unique, lantern clock made in the 1690s by Edward Hodges of Spalding, Lincolnshire (working 1685-died 1703), one of the very first clockmakers to work in the county and his only recorded clock to date, originally with short verge pendulum converted later to long pendulum, pictured after restoration. See article.
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A handsome lantern clock made in the 1650s during the Civil Wars period by Robert Cosbey in Mark Lane, London.  He was born about 1632, was apprenticed in 1646 under the celebrated Peter Closon and was working from about 1655 till about 1685, this being one ofhis earlier clocks.  It was converted to a double-fiusee spring movement in the late nineteenth century.  Only a handful of clocks are known by this maker.
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A handsome mahogany bracket clock made in the late nineteenth century by Fattorini & Sons, who worked in Westgate, Bradford, Yorkshire, from the 1830s to about 1900 and later.  The clock has a triple fusee English-made movement, playing Westminster chimes every quarter hour on four gongs and striking the hour on a fifth gong.  Sub-dials offer fast/slow and chime/silent regulation.  The clock is in excellent condition and small for its type, standing just under 18 inches.
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A small handsome arched dial lantern clock (dial 7inches by 10 inches) made about 1730 by Edward Hunsdon of Chelmsford, Essex, with original anchor escapement and long pendulum. He was working from about 1720 and died in 1771.
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