Collinge Antiques has dated this piece to the 1800s.
Long, shaped door repeated in the base panel, flanked on each side with quarter columns, original feet and backboard. In very good working condition, the face and works would appear to have been recently cleaned and restored. Original weight and pendulum.
As an interesting footnote Edward Richards appears to have been quite a character. His entry in the book Clock and Watch Makers in Wales includes this arresting quote: ‘…Richards was one of the most ingenious self-taught mechanics that ever lived but a predilection for cwrw (beer) and for the company who met nightly at the Raven & Pitcher at Dolgelly had such an effect on his brain that he threw himself into the river and perished’.
Dimensions: width 19", height 79", depth 9".
Collinge Antiques has dated this piece to the 1800s.
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North Wales Longcase Clock.
