Country Homes Antiques Stirling has dated this Burr Walnut Longcase Clock to the Georgian era.
Together with a pendulum and pair of weights. 228 cm (90in) high. Windmills and Wightman were active in London during the early 18th century. Thomas Wightman, possibly born in Lutterworth, Leicestershire in 1678 and son of Richard Wightman, was apprenticed to Henry Hester in 1692 and became free in 1701/2. He later operated from Lombard Street and George Yard, and took on several apprentices over the years. His career included periods of financial difficulty, being listed as in the 'Comfrey' (a debtors' prison). By 1748, he was recorded as a watch finisher. Clocks and watches bearing his name-often as 'Tho. Wightman'-are known, including hooded and longcase examples. A partnership with Windmills is likely to have been a retail collaboration, a common practice among London makers of the time.
The small veneer losses have been restored. The clock is now perfect.
Country Homes Antiques Stirling has dated this Burr Walnut Longcase Clock to the Georgian era.
Fine period furniturnishings-timeless design
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A mid-18th-century burr walnut longcase clock, Windmills and Wightman, London
