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1511 A 19th century style mahogany cased regulator, the 28cm square silvered brass dial signed F. G. Bradley, Leicester’, Arabic minute chapter, subsidiary seconds and hour dials, the case with stepped flat topped hood, cockbeaded dial door, 217cm high overall. £200 - £300
1510 A George III oak longcase clock, 33cm white dial, dummy winding holes, Roman chapter, signed Jas Ashton/Tideswell, subsidiary seconds dial, 30 hour movement striking on a bell, the hood with curly pediment, fluted brass capped columns, shaped door with Baroque brass escutcheon, flanked by fluted quarter columns, plinth base, 207cm high
James Ashton was a third generation member of the extensive clockmaking dynasty which flourished on both sides of the Derbyshire/Cheshire border, being grandson of Samuel Ashton of Tideswell and son of Samuel’s younger son, Aaron, also of Tideswell. The elder branch of the family flourished at Ashbourne and Macclesfield, James himself was born c. 1769, was apprenticed to his father 1783-1790 and married Sarah Shepley (a relative of John Shepley of Derby, clock maker) at Glossop in September 1791, working into the second decade of the 19th century. £400 - £600 For more images please visit
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