Collinge Antiques has dated this piece to the 1800s.
Hood featuring swan neck pedement and reeded columns over a slim body with long shaped door and reeded quarter columns typical of Llanrwst cases of the period.
With a delightful 13? square enamel face painted with strawberries (the first time we have come across these on a Llanrwst clock), signed Watkin Owen Llanrwst and featuring a working date display. The hands are later replacements.
Original works, featuring Watkin Owen’s trademark 5th pillar, cleaned and overhauled and sold together with a 12 month guarentee. Original weights and pendulum.
The Owen family of Llanrwst, a small market town in the Conwy valley, are probably the most prolific and best known family of 18th century clockmakers in Wales. Watkin Owen (1755-1809) was aged just 21 when his father, the respected clockmaker John Owen,died. After establishing himself as head of the business, he improved and refined his father’s works, adding a fifth pillar to the movement and producing a remarkable number of clocks of consistantly high quality and reliability housed in excellent regional cases. For more information about Watkin Owen you can’t beat the remarkable study of his output which makes up the bulk of Colin and Mary Brown’s book The Clockmakers of Llanrwst.
Dimensions: height 90", width 21", depth 10".
Year: c.1800.
Stock number: 25178
Collinge Antiques has dated this piece to the 1800s.
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