A George II walnut longcase clock, John Ellicott, London, circa 1750

12-inch dial with mask and scroll spandrels, matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, signed on a silvered plaque John Ellicott, London, strike/silent dial in the arch, the five pillar movement with deadbeat escapement, rack striking on a bell, the case with broken-arch moulded cresting and frieze fret, brass capped hood pillars, the broken-arch trunk door and plinth panel veneered with well figured burrwood of rich colour and inlaid with chequered stringing, the sides divided into panels, on a stepped base

Dial in good clean condition. Movement is complete and running at time of cataloguing but would benefit from a clean and fresh oil, escape wheel and pallets appear to have been replaced but otherwise retaining the original wheel work. The restored case is contemporary with the movement and dial, stylistically correct and a very good fit but is possibly associated, it has some repairs, hood fret replaced, horizontal crack to arch of trunk door, otherwise good clean condition throughout. With pendulum, two brass-cased weights, winder and 2 case keys.
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John Ellicott, one of the most famous 18th century English clockmakers, was born in 1706 and succeeded his clockmaker father who died in 1733. He worked at Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange, London between 1728 and 1772. In 1760 his son Edward was taken into partnership and from this time the clocks were signed Ellicott without a forename until about 1769 when the usual signature became John Ellicott & Son. John Ellicott died in 1772.