HENRY LONG, LONDON

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Object Description

A small and fine George III ebonised bell top bracket clock standing on brass moulded block feet and having four urn finials and a single facetted brass carrying handle to the bell top.

The 5-inch arched brass dial is mounted with a silvered chapter ring and subsidiary rings in the arch flanking a cartouche signed by the maker. Subsidiary rings are for Strike/Silent and rise and fall regulation. The centre is finely matted with a false pendulum aperture and an aperture to view the day of the month above VI.

The twin fusee movement has a spring suspended verge escapement and hour strike sounded on a bell with pull repeat on 6 bells. The back plate is exquisitely engraved with flowers and foliage.

Small table clocks of this quality are increasingly rare and hard to find.

Object Literature

Henry Long is listed on page 491 of Brian Loomes’s Clockmakers of the World: 21st Century Edition as working in Little Britain in London from 1762 until 1780.

Object Details

  • dimensions
    W:21.75 (including feet) x H:34 (excluding handle) x D:17 (including feet) centimeters
  • period
  • country
  • year
    circa 1762-1780
  • artist/maker

Dealer Opening Times

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Monday
10.00 - 18.00
Tuesday
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Wednesday
10.00 - 18.00
Thursday
10.00 - 18.00
Friday
10.00 - 18.00
Saturday
11.00 - 17.00
Sunday
Closed

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