30 hour Longcase clock identify

[vanjuxa]

please help me to identify my first longcase clock

I did not find any name on it

also want to know about case material
what kind of wood is case

thanks

 

[jmclaugh]

The dial looks to be about early 1800s, the hour and minute hands look incorrect. The presence of winding holes on a 30 hour movement can be that it was made like that to make it look like a more expensive 8 day clock. In this case however due to how the dial feet have been bent to pin the dial to the movement and the metal brackets on the seatboard I'd say the dial and movement are a marriage. The wood appears to be oak.

 

[novicetimekeeper]

I agree, bit of a brutal marriage too clearly shotguns involved but the end result doesn't look too bad on the outside. Just change the hands.

According to Robert Loomes your dial has the numbering of a third period dial but the decoration is a little earlier so 1820s/1830s doesn't seem unreasonable. The case appears to show signs of having a single weight hit the top crosspiece on the trunk, presumably there is a matching nibble on the bottom. Suggests it was always a 30 hour case.

 

[vanjuxa]

thanks for information !
how do you think - is it England made clock?

 

[novicetimekeeper]

thanks for information !
how do you think - is it England made clock?

It's English in style, what country are you in, is there any provenance? I don't know much about American clocks but from what I've seen on here they seem to start off following English style, presumably because that's where some of the makers came from but then they diverge. I'm not sure if they would have used Oak at any point though, there are American oaks that do look similar but somebody else would have to say if it was in use.