Finchingfield Antiques has dated this piece to the 18th Century.
The door with herring bone border and short grain mouldings. Sides crossbanded walnut, plinth quarter veneered, bordered with herring bone inlay and crossbanding.
8 day five pillar movement striking the hours on a bell.
Georgr Tyler, a watch and clockmaker, apprenticed to Robert Dingley in 1692. He became a member of the Clock makers Co. 1699. An example of his work is illustrated in the famous Wetherfield Collection.
A list of apprentices bound to George Tyler and his wife were interestingly all women -
Mary Darby,
Rebeckah Fisher,
Eleanor Mosely,
Catherine Jackson,
Hannah Campleshon,
Elizabeth Newton.
and who can blame him !!!
Finchingfield Antiques has dated this piece to the 18th Century.
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Superb Figured Walnut Longcase Clock C 1720 by George Tyler.
