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Ref: WLC-14 Wall Clock

Robert Fletcher of Chester

Duration : 8 Day

Circa : 1820

height : 46.5 inches

Dial :
16" diameter white dial with Roman numerals and original hands.
Single lead weight as the clock is a non-striking timepiece.
Falseplate by Finnemore & Son, Birmingham.

Case :
Mahogany with flame figured door and bone escutcheon.
Ogee moulded bezel.
Fan ears to sides of case.
Inverted dome base to take lead weight.

Maker/Retailer :
Robert Fletcher II was born 1755, granted Freedom in 1841 and died in 1841.

He was the son of Robert Fletcher I, who died in 1788. Robert Fletcher I is mentioned in Chester's first and second directories. He made a mechanism for the Duke of Westminster for his home at Eaton Hall and was also a goldsmith.

The Chester Courant of 7 July 1789 records a move to Foregate St and the same paper on 16 October 1810 records the hanging of two young men at the New Gaol at the Northgate for a burglary in the shop of MR FLETCHER, watchmaker in Chester. Mr Fletcher did all he could to get the sentences reduced.

Guarantee : 12 months.