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Quarter Chiming Walnut Long Case / Longcase / Grandfather / Grandmother Clock by Maple of London.
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Quarter Chiming Walnut Long Case / Longcase / Grandfather / Grandmother Clock by Maple of London.

1900 - 1920
Sold 21 January 2025 · FJ & RD Story Antique Clocks
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Description

A high quality, small proportioned, Westminster chiming longcase / grandfather clock by Maple of London.

The beautifully figured burr walnut case of excellent colour and patination.

The shaped topped and moulded hood surmounted with a carved cresting with beaded moulding, beneath canted corners with applied carved decoration.

Convex glazed locking hood door surrounded by matching beaded mouding.

The shaped trunk door, with beautiful book matched burr walnut veneers, with finely executed carved decoration to the upper section. The perimeter of the trunk door having a decorative moulded edge.

The raised panelled figured burr walnut base with decorative moulding over the step moulded shaped bracket feet.

The original lock keys and hinges to the hood and trunk door.

The case sides beautifully veneered with figured walnut of the highest quality.

The case is made to a very high standard using the very best materials and is in excellent original condition.

The circular silvered brass dial signed to the lower centre Maple, London.

The finely engraved dial centre with Roman chapter ring with an outer minute track.

Chime / Chime silent selector to the right of the numeral III.

A very crisp and well executed dial of the highest quality.

The fully restored high quality eight day duration triple weight movement striking the quarters hours on 4 curled gongs, playing graduating Westminster chimes on each quarter, finishing with full westmoineter chime on the hour and striking the hours on a further blued steel gong.

The substantial movement having thick brass plates and large knopped plate pillars, all manufactured to the higest possible level.

The movement is fully restored by our horologist who works exclusively for us.

Our horologist is a Fellow of the British Horological Institute (FBHI), having 35 years of full time professional engagement in the repair & restoration of clocks, watches, music boxes & barometers. He was the recipient of the 1977 Worshipful Company of Clockmakers Bronze Medal.

The high quality polished brass pendulum bob, with steel bar rod and brass knurled rating nut.

Three polished brass cased weights with substantial pulleys.

Finely fretted blued steel hands.

A very fine longcase clock of beautiful smaller proportions, in excellent original condition and of superior quality with a quarter chiming movement.

All of our clocks have been sympathetically restored and have been expertly vetted for originality and good working order.

All clocks purchased from us are guaranteed for two years.

Delivery and installation of our longcase clocks is carried out free of charge within the U.K. For overseas customers a fully insured door to door service is provided by our regular couriers, please contact us for a specific quotation. All longcase clocks are securely packed and comprehensive installation and maintenance instructions are included.

Maple & Co was established by John Maple, a shopkeeper from Horley, Surrey, who later opened an antique furniture shop in Tottenham Court Road London, however it was his son, John Blundell Maple , who made Maples & Co a success.

With exceptional business skills, John B. Maple took over the company while still a young man and by the 1880s they were the largest furniture store in the world, exporting their fine furniture to every continent.

Maple & Co manufactured their luxury furniture entirely in-house, at a huge modern complex. A timber importer and furniture exporter, they landed prestigious contracts furnishing fine houses, hotels and palaces in Europe among them Tsar Nicholas’s Winter Palace and the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna .

Physical Dimensions
Height
207cm (81.50")
Width
43cm (16.93")
Depth
30cm (11.81")
Declaration

FJ & RD Story Antique Clocks has dated this Walnut Longcase Grandfather Clock to the 1910s.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA1044872
Dealers Internal Reference
Maple Longcase
Description
A high quality, small proportioned, Westminster chiming longcase / grandfather clock by Maple of London.

The beautifully figured burr walnut case of excellent colour and patination.

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The shaped topped and moulded hood surmounted with a carved cresting with beaded moulding, beneath canted corners with applied carved decoration.
FJ & RD Story Antique Clocks
fig 1. A tall wooden grandfather clock featuring a burr walnut case, arched hood, carved floral motifs, and a white dial face with Roman numerals.
fig 1. Quarter Chiming Walnut Long Case / Longcase / Grandfather / Grandmother Clock by Maple of London.

Convex glazed locking hood door surrounded by matching beaded mouding.

The shaped trunk door, with beautiful book matched burr walnut veneers, with finely executed carved decoration to the upper section. The perimeter of the trunk door having a decorative moulded edge.

fig 2. A tall wooden grandfather clock featuring a burr walnut case, arched hood, carved floral motifs, and a white dial face with Roman numerals.
fig 2. Quarter Chiming Walnut Long Case / Longcase / Grandfather / Grandmother Clock by Maple of London.

The raised panelled figured burr walnut base with decorative moulding over the step moulded shaped bracket feet.

The original lock keys and hinges to the hood and trunk door.

The case sides beautifully veneered with figured walnut of the highest quality.

fig 3. A tall wooden grandfather clock featuring a burr walnut case, arched hood, carved floral motifs, and a white dial face with Roman numerals.
fig 3. Quarter Chiming Walnut Long Case / Longcase / Grandfather / Grandmother Clock by Maple of London.

The case is made to a very high standard using the very best materials and is in excellent original condition.

The circular silvered brass dial signed to the lower centre Maple, London.

The finely engraved dial centre with Roman chapter ring with an outer minute track.

fig 4. A tall wooden grandfather clock featuring a burr walnut case, arched hood, carved floral motifs, and a white dial face with Roman numerals.
fig 4. Quarter Chiming Walnut Long Case / Longcase / Grandfather / Grandmother Clock by Maple of London.

Chime / Chime silent selector to the right of the numeral III.

A very crisp and well executed dial of the highest quality.

The fully restored high quality eight day duration triple weight movement striking the quarters hours on 4 curled gongs, playing graduating Westminster chimes on each quarter, finishing with full westmoineter chime on the hour and striking the hours on a further blued steel gong.

fig 5. A tall wooden grandfather clock featuring a burr walnut case, arched hood, carved floral motifs, and a white dial face with Roman numerals.
fig 5. Quarter Chiming Walnut Long Case / Longcase / Grandfather / Grandmother Clock by Maple of London.

The substantial movement having thick brass plates and large knopped plate pillars, all manufactured to the higest possible level.

The movement is fully restored by our horologist who works exclusively for us.

fig 6. A tall wooden grandfather clock featuring a burr walnut case, arched hood, carved floral motifs, and a white dial face with Roman numerals.
fig 6. Quarter Chiming Walnut Long Case / Longcase / Grandfather / Grandmother Clock by Maple of London.

Our horologist is a Fellow of the British Horological Institute (FBHI), having 35 years of full time professional engagement in the repair & restoration of clocks, watches, music boxes & barometers. He was the recipient of the 1977 Worshipful Company of Clockmakers Bronze Medal.

fig 7. A tall wooden grandfather clock featuring a burr walnut case, arched hood, carved floral motifs, and a white dial face with Roman numerals.
fig 7. Quarter Chiming Walnut Long Case / Longcase / Grandfather / Grandmother Clock by Maple of London.

The high quality polished brass pendulum bob, with steel bar rod and brass knurled rating nut.

Three polished brass cased weights with substantial pulleys.

Finely fretted blued steel hands.

A very fine longcase clock of beautiful smaller proportions, in excellent original condition and of superior quality with a quarter chiming movement.

fig 8. A tall wooden grandfather clock featuring a burr walnut case, arched hood, carved floral motifs, and a white dial face with Roman numerals.
fig 8. Quarter Chiming Walnut Long Case / Longcase / Grandfather / Grandmother Clock by Maple of London.

All of our clocks have been sympathetically restored and have been expertly vetted for originality and good working order.

All clocks purchased from us are guaranteed for two years.

Delivery and installation of our longcase clocks is carried out free of charge within the U.K. For overseas customers a fully insured door to door service is provided by our regular couriers, please contact us for a specific quotation. All longcase clocks are securely packed and comprehensive installation and maintenance instructions are included.

fig 9. A tall wooden grandfather clock featuring a burr walnut case, arched hood, carved floral motifs, and a white dial face with Roman numerals.
fig 9. Quarter Chiming Walnut Long Case / Longcase / Grandfather / Grandmother Clock by Maple of London.

Maple & Co was established by John Maple, a shopkeeper from Horley, Surrey, who later opened an antique furniture shop in Tottenham Court Road London, however it was his son, John Blundell Maple , who made Maples & Co a success.

fig 10. A tall wooden grandfather clock featuring a burr walnut case, arched hood, carved floral motifs, and a white dial face with Roman numerals.
fig 10. Quarter Chiming Walnut Long Case / Longcase / Grandfather / Grandmother Clock by Maple of London.

With exceptional business skills, John B. Maple took over the company while still a young man and by the 1880s they were the largest furniture store in the world, exporting their fine furniture to every continent.

fig 11. A tall wooden grandfather clock featuring a burr walnut case, arched hood, carved floral motifs, and a white dial face with Roman numerals.
fig 11. Quarter Chiming Walnut Long Case / Longcase / Grandfather / Grandmother Clock by Maple of London.

Maple & Co manufactured their luxury furniture entirely in-house, at a huge modern complex. A timber importer and furniture exporter, they landed prestigious contracts furnishing fine houses, hotels and palaces in Europe among them Tsar Nicholas’s Winter Palace and the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna .

Height
207cm (81.50")
Width
43cm (16.93")
Depth
30cm (11.81")
Date of Manufacture

FJ & RD Story Antique Clocks has dated this Walnut Longcase Grandfather Clock to the 1910s.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1044872
Dealers Internal Ref
Maple Longcase
FJ & RD Story Antique Clocks
Sellingantiques verified Since Oct 2010
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South Yorkshire
S64 5TX
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A tall wooden grandfather clock featuring a burr walnut case, arched hood, carved floral motifs, and a white dial face with Roman numerals.
Quarter Chiming Walnut Long Case / Longcase / Grandfather / Grandmother clock by Maple of London.
Ref: SA1044872
A tall wooden grandfather clock featuring a burr walnut case, arched hood, carved floral motifs, and a white dial face with Roman numerals.
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  • ObjectClocks
  • Period1900 - 1920
  • StyleEdwardian
  • MaterialWalnut, Brass, Glass
  • ColourWarm Brown
  • MotifsArched hood, Carved shell cresting, Roman numeral dial, Bracket feet
  • SizeH 207 cm (81 in) x W 43 cm (17 in) x D 30 cm (12 in)

Longcase clocks, commonly known as grandfather clocks, originated in the late 17th century following the invention of the anchor escapement. They evolved from wall-hanging timepieces into large, freestanding floor clocks housed in protective wooden cases designed to accommodate swinging pendulums and falling weights.

Authentic period longcase clocks typically feature solid timber frames veneered with decorative hardwoods such as walnut, oak, or mahogany. Movements are constructed from brass and steel components, often housed within brass dial faces featuring engraved chapters and cast metal spandrels.

Authenticating a period clock involves examining the movement for hand-finished marks, checking the timber construction for appropriate aging, tool marks, and cabinetmaker construction methods. The dial and movement should match the era of the case, and makers signatures or serial numbers can often be verified against historical records.

Integrating a traditional longcase clock into contemporary spaces involves positioning the piece as a focal point in a hallway, living room, or study. Pairing the rich tones of the timber with neutral wall colours and minimalist surroundings creates a striking contrast that highlights the craftsmanship without cluttering the space.

Preserving a mechanical clock requires placing it away from direct sunlight, heating vents, and damp areas to protect the wooden casework and internal metal components. Regular professional servicing every few years ensures the movement remains clean and properly lubricated.
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