English grandmother cottage clock with swan neck arch top from first half of 19 th. century. 30 hour weight driven movement ( going and striking train are composed side by side ) with Huyghens type endless-chain winding mechanism. Anchor escapement and long pendulum, locking-plate striking on bell. Date indication. Hand sawn iron hand.
Pained arch dial showing flowers in the corners and a battle ship in the arch, Roman hour numerals, signed: Sam Collins Thornbury. While a maker named Collins did not exist, a maker named Samuel Collings Thornbury could be found
at Brian Looms, Watchmakers And Clockmakers Of The World, Volume 2 , 1976, page 49: Samuel Collings Thornbury, Glos.1830-1870.
Measurements of the case - height x width x depth: approx: 206 cm x 42 cm x 23 cm – weight of clock: approx 25 KG.
Dial: 30,5 cm x 30,5 x 42 cm - Movement: 15 cm x 11,5 cm x 6 cm
Length of pendulum: 106 cm
This clock was made approx. 1830/1840.
We guarantee that all parts of this clock originally fit together.