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Clockmaker/By : Thomas Moss of Frodsham (Cheshire)

Duration : 8 Day

Circa : 1780

Height : 80.5"

Case :
Mahogany with beautiful 'flame' patterns to hood door and base.
Swan neck pediment with brass paterae and dentil moulding to hood and repeated along bottom of hood.
Painted gold leaf panels on midnight blue background below swan neck.
Reeded pillars to hood, rear of hood (half pillar) and trunk (quartered pillar).
Central and side finials to hood.
Long trunk door with wavy top.
Moulding to base and ogee feet.
Width at widest point 19ins.

Dial :
Brass rolling moon dial with exceptional scene of a courting couple in period costume - the girl being handed a bouquet of flowers and in the other a scene of haymaking in amazing detail.
Dial 13" x 18" with stunning engraved centre with maker's name and wheatear engraved dial edges extending round arch.
Silvered minute chapter ring with half hour markers, subsidiary seconds dial and centre sweep 1 - 31 calendar chapter ring.
Matching steel hour and minute hands.
Rocco brass spandrels.
Roman numerals.

Maker :
Thomas Moss's known working dates are 1740-84. He was born in 1733 and died in 1785, aged 52. He married first in 1757 and secondly in 1773.

A mahogany bracket clock striking on 3 bells with quarter repeat by him and a long case with rolling moon and high water c1766 have been noted.

His widow Mary carried on the business after he died and the following notice appeared in the Chester Courant - 22 February 1785:

Mary Moss widow of Thomas Moss, late of Frodsham, in the county of Chester, clock and watchmaker, deceased begs leave to inform the friends of her late husband and the public that, having engaged a person of abilities to superintend the business, the purposes carrying on the same for the support of herself and young family, and humbly solicits their kind patronage, and a continuance of their favours. She assures them that
all orders in the clock and watch making branches shall be thankfully received and executed in the most exact manner, and that nothing on her part shall be wanting to convince her friends and the public how much obliged she is - their obliged and humble servant.

Price : £ SOLD

Guarantee : 12 month