A VERY HANDSOME JAMES MCCABE No.3120 ENGLISH REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK IN ORIGINAL BRASS-BOUND MAHOGANY CASE

A VERY HANDSOME JAMES MCCABE No.3120 ENGLISH REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK IN ORIGINAL BRASS-BOUND MAHOGANY CASE

Fully glazed case retaining its original gilding with large, bevel edged glasses to the sides and top, the back with shuttered apertures for winding and handset, together with an external Slow/Fast regulation and Strike/Silent slide, topped by a reeded, folding handle and repeat button through the upper glass.


The eight day movement with double chain fusee, maintaining power, a large, gilt platform with bimetallic compensated balance with poising screws to the edge, a flat blued steel hairspring with underslung English lever escapement, striking and repeating the hours on a blued steel gong, the backplate signed James McCabe, London 3120.


The flat silvered Roman dial with outer minute track, blued steel ‘fleur de lys’ hands, being signed JAMES McCABE ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON 3120


Its original felt lined, brass bound keep box with folding flush carrying handle to the top, original key and an integral sliding door to the front for viewing the dial.


James McCabe was born in Belfast. He came to London in the 1770’s, settling at Royal Exchange in 1804. He became a Freeman of the Clockmakers Company in 1781 and a Warden in 1811, the year he died. He was succeeded by his son, also James, who is regarded as one of the finest English clock and watchmakers of the nineteenth century. He was apprenticed to Reid and Auld and gained admittance to the clockmakers Company in 1822. Robert Jeremy McCabe, James’s nephew, continued the business until he retired in 1883.

AGE: 		Mid 19th Century
MADE IN: 		London
MATERIAL: 		Gilded brass Glass
DIMENSIONS: 		Height: 7 ½ inches (19 cm.), including handle Width: 4 ¼ inches (10.5 cm.) Depth: 3 ¼ Inches (8.5 cm.)
CONDITON: 		This is a very handsome clock by this eminent maker. The case is in excellent condition and ret-ains its original gilding. There are very minor marks, light surface scratches and some rubbing. None of these are significant and are to be expected of a clock of this period and that has kept its original gilding. All glass panels are complete and without damage. The dial is beautifully executed. The silvering is in excellent condition as are the chapters and signature. The hands are finely cut and have a rich blue colour. The movement is in excellent condition and has been fully overhauled and running well. The finely made bimetallic compensated balance with its finely made poising screws is above the average plain balances that can be found on similar examples. The original brass bound mahogany box is in lovely condition with only minor marks and surface scratches. The original numbered key also retains some of its original gilding and is only rubbed with use of the owner winding the clock through the decades.
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