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Welsh Longcase Clock by Watkin Owen c.1780.

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Brass faced 8 day longcase clock c.1780 by Watkin Owen of Llanrwst, Wales’ most celebrated antique clock maker. Excellent Conwy valley oak case, the hood with an architectural ‘broken’ pediment and turned columns with gilded terminals. The body of the clock features a slim door with shaped top, quarter columns and ogee mouldings at the neck and waist. Base with slap on panel and chamfered front corners. Brass faced works with a very elegant engraved and silvered dial with separate chapter ring, seconds dial and date display. Named for Watkin Owen Llanrwst and featuring delicate floral pattern engravings. Brass spandrels at the corners and pierced steel fingers. Eight day works featuring Watkin Owen’s signature fifth pillar below the barrels and striking the hours on a bell.
Excellent condition, sold with a 12 month guarantee. Winder and key supplied.
Dimensions: height 83½", width 21″, depth 10″.

The Owen family of Llanrwst, a small market town in the Conwy valley, are probably the most prolific and best known family of 18th century clockmakers in Wales. Watkin Owen (1755-1809) was aged just 21 when his father, the respected clockmaker John Owen, died. After establishing himself as head of the business, he improved and refined his father’s works, adding a fifth pillar to the movement and producing a remarkable number of antique clocks of consistently high quality and reliability housed in excellent regional cases. For more information about Watkin Owen you can’t beat the remarkable study of his output which makes up the bulk of Colin and Mary Brown’s book The Clockmakers of Llanrwst.
Please contact us for more images, delivery and shipping quotes. Alternatively you are welcome to view and collect at our large warehouse showroom in Llandudno Junction, North Wales (approximately 45mins from Chester). We have a large and ever changing selection of genuine good quality antique furniture of all types and have twice been shortlisted for the Home and Antiques Magazine Antique Shop of the Year Award. 01492 580022.
Price
£2295.00  UK
$2881.14  USA
2672.99  EU
 The price has been listed in British Pounds.
Conversion rates as of 7/MAY/2024. Euro & Dollar prices will vary and should only be used as a guide.
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Date c.1780  George III Antiques Material Oak Origin Welsh Maker Watkin Owen Item code ac049a7094 Status Sold

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