George Graham No. 724. A red walnut longcase clock, London, circa 1735

12-inch latched dial with double screwed mask and leaf scroll spandrels, signed along the lower edge Geo: Graham, London, finely matted centre with seconds dial and calendar aperture with pin hole adjustment, the substantial movement with five latched knopped pillars, dead beat escapement with bolt and shutter maintaining power, rack striking on a bell, punch numbered 724 to the lower edge of the backplate and front of the seatboard, the restored case with replaced moulded caddy cresting above original but inverted mouldings and blocked fret, brass capped hood pilasters, rectangular trunk door and plain plinth with double moulded base

Movement and dial much in need of a clean and rings would benefit from re-silvering, good hands. Wheelwork appears to be original throughout, poor soldered repair to crutch pin. The case has been the subject of an amateur restoration which has included replacement of the caddy cresting and the incorrect re-fitting of the upper hood mouldings, some repairs to other mouldings including the upper and lower trunk door edges, all of the brass caps are missing from the rear hood plasters. With a replaced pendulum, 2 replaced weights a winder and case key.
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George Graham (1673-1751), was aprenticed to Henry Aske in 1688 and Free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1695, it appears that shortly after that date he started working with Thomas Tompion. He married Tompion's niece Elizabeth in 1704 and in 1711 became his partner. Tompion introduced a system of numbering the clocks he made and at the time of his death, in 1713, it is thought that the numbers had reached about 580. George Graham, who succeeded to the business, continued the same numbering system. This clock, No. 724 is previously unrecorded and is particularly unusual in having a case of red walnut.