Peter Harris Clocks & Militaria has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
Also a substantial pendulum.
It has a white dial, black minute ring and Roman hour numerals and also, Signed "Pyott Lewes".
It has a cast convex glass & brass bezel. The figured mahogany veneered case consists of a very narrow and moulded dial surround over a drop trunk which has gilt brass inlay.
It is flanked by fan 'ears' with fluted moulding to the front and sides. The convex bottom also has ebony line inlay
of a geometric design.
It also has a cockbeaded curved door. One side has an access door.
David Pyott Lewes clockmaker History :-
The 16 May 1857 Sussex Express reported that Maria Holman, widow of the late Mr Henry Holman, watchmaker, of Fisher Street, Lewes, had married David Pyott, also a watchmaker, formerly of Islington. In September 1857 David Pyott advertised for an apprentice at Pyott’s watch manufactory (late Holman’s). Soon afterwards he moved the business from Fisher Street to a more prominent location at 188 High Street, next to the Star Inn, a shop that in the 1860s was to become Albion Russell’s boot and shoe manufactory.
The 9 November 1858 London Gazette included the usual long list of insolvent debtors whose estate and effects had been vested in trustees for their creditors. One of these debtors was David Pyott, clock and watch maker, late of 188 High Street, Lewes, but now in Lewes gaol. Imprisonment for debt was a hazard faced by every Victorian businessman, but who was David Pyott? His is not a common Sussex surname.
Circa: 1850.
Dimensions:
Height 51cm (20")
Diameter 38cm
Depth 15cm
Peter Harris Clocks & Militaria has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
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A Good English Fusee, Drop-dial Wall Clock, Signed "Pyott Lewes" on the Dial. Circa 1850.
