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ELLIOT TUBULAR CHIME CLOCK browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Instruments and Implements:Timepieces:Clocks: Pre 1900: item # 713854 Please refer to our stock # 7555 when inquiring.
Gordon S. Converse and Co. 57 West Lancaster Ave Malvern, PA 19355 610.722.9004 Guest Book $15,000.00 |
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| A fine solid mahogany chime tubular bell chime clock signed on the dial "J. J. Elliott". The chime bells play Westminster and Whittington chimes. From Tran Duy Ly's Volume I of Long case Clocks and Standing Regulators: "In the early 1800s the firm J. J. Elliott of London manufactured massive hall clock movements of highest quality... In 1884 the Mr. J. Harrington obtained a Patent for bell chimes (tubular bells) and had Elliott adopt these to their movements [which were produced for the next 40 years] During this time if you purchased a "top-of-the-line" hall clock from Walter Durfee, Frank Herschede, Waltham, Harris or Harrington or any other of a dozen makers or distributors, it probably had an Elliott movement. The Elliott clock Company probably marketed complete hall clocks with their movements." Both the case being set with beveled glass on the waist door and the sides and the detailed carving suggest the clock could have been one of these special orders sold in the United States. The case seems to have the original finish and in areas is a bit alligatored and dirty. The structure of the case is such that the original backboard has removable screws holding it so it can be removed for easier transportation. The bottom of the case is gone, probably the victim of a falling weight badly damaging the bottom. There is a finial lacking atop the central part of the arch, although the two carved finials on the sides remain. The dial and weights have been re-silvered and refinished about 20 years ago. | |||||||||
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