Tall Clock

[Jeff]

I bought this tall clock case at a small shop. I don't know the age or the maker.
I do know that it is a old, and The case looks to be of walnut,and it has hand made nails to hold it together. I put a new movement and the Dial (I had to do it) is from Pier one. Looks old So can anyone here help as to who made this clock case and maybe how old it is?

Thanks
Jeff

Note: First time to send photos

 

[Robert Gary]

Jeff:

Beautiful case!

RobertG

 

[harold bain]

Welcome to the message board, Jeff. Without the original movement, or a makers name, you will never know for sure who made it or when. I believe it may have been Scottish, 1800's. Case looks to be in great shape.

 

[J. A. Olson]

Looks like a Scottish "DrumHead" clock. good one.

 

[chasbaz]

Yes, as Harold says, Scottish. I feel it it fairly late, perhaps 1850, but wonderful quality. It needs a brass or wooden bezel. I have the perfect dial and movement for it, but they are earmarked for my own Scottish case. I hope you plan to put an old movement and dial in it one day. If, so, the good news is that these come up on eBay from time to time (mine did) and they are cheaper because round dials seem to be less popular.

PS - it's mahogany. Walnut is very rare at this period.

 

[Jeff]

I thought it would be earlier than 1850 because of the hand made nails I found in the case. I've had this tall clock for about 10 years and when I first got it I thought I would not be able to find a movement or a dial. I've look at e-bay but with no success. I have a bell for sound and the movement is a nice one. Some of the older movements were only 30 hrs. If I just could find a dial and bezel that would be nice for the clock.I'm still looking.


Thanks everyone for there help
Jeff

 

[harold bain]

Jeff, I have a customer with a very similar clock. It appears to me to be a marriage of an English movement and a round dial made to fit the case. No makers marks. It is an 8 day. Just about any English movement could be made to work with the case, just need to find a round dial to fit.

 

[Mike Phelan]

I bought this tall clock case at a small shop. I don't know the age or the maker.

Age would have been about 1800-1840. The maker would have had a signature on the dial, so you'll never know. It is almost certainly Scottish.

I put a new movement and the Dial (I had to do it) is from Pier one. Looks old

What does Pier one mean? What sort of movement is it? It looks old from what we can see; have you made the dial?

It is possible to find old LC clock movements as the cases often got destroyed, but finding a Scottish one with a round dial is another matter!

So can anyone here help as to who made this clock case and maybe how old it is?

Thanks
Jeff

Note: First time to send photos

The case would have been made by the clockmaker, or maybe a local furniture maker; it's unlikely you will ever find out with only having a case.

HTH

 

[Steven Thornberry]

Mike: Pier One is a chain of stores in the States (and possibly elsewhere, I guess). They sell a lot of Scandinavian (or at least Scandinavian-style) stuff, some of which is antiquey looking.

 

[chasbaz]

Jeff,

It occurred to me last night that you should look at the inside back of the case behind the dial for any holes - and looking today I do seem to see a mark there. This either means that it had a gong, which would place it nearer 1850-60, or that it was a regulator and had a pendulum hanger. I'm going with the gong, and if so, it would have had a striking movement.
They made a lot of regulators in Scotland.

Look carefully over all of the case, inside and on the back, for any sign of a casemaker's inscription, stamp or label. It could be in a very unlikely place. As I said, I have a similar case, but plainer and earlier, into which a slightly later movement/dial will eventually go.

Good luck.

 

[Jeff]

I look at the case again and did see 4 or 5 holes on the backboard top and to the left.I could not see any makers mark anywere. I still think the case is older than 1850 because the screws in the hinge had blunt ends. Screws with blunt ends were made by machine. In 1840 pointed screws were produce in the UK, and the nails are hand cut and are not the same when you lay then side by side. As for the movement I used a Kieninger cable and put a bell on it. It may have had a gong and there is evidence of something like that on the backboard top left. There is evidence of a arch on the inside of the backboard that started from the top and went about 3'' down from the center of the board to the outside edge's. As for the Dial it is one of those you get at a import store that has a battery movement. Looks old but not. The face is painted and made to look old.






Thanks for all the help and Idea's

Jeff