FINE ANTIQUE CLOCKS.
Tel.(01732)358986. Fax.(01732)771842.
FINE ANTIQUE CLOCKS.
Tel.(01732)358986. Fax.(01732)771842.
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31200C.BR The small size Gothic arched case with rosewood veneer and brass inlaid decoration to the champhered angles of the case. The plinth of the base surmounted by a dentil moulding. The shaped arch dial with a further rounded moulding and surmounted by a small acorn. The sides of the case with brass inlaid side glasses. It stands on flat wooden acorn feet. The beautiful gilded and engine turned dial has strike/silent in the shaped arch, signed "James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London. The blued steel hands of pierced heart shape with a further steel hand for strike/silent. The exceptionally fine five pillar twin chain fusee movement has anchor escapement and strikes the ting-tang quarters on two bells. The backplate signed for the maker "James McCabe, Royal Exchange". Height: 9.75" (25 cms.) |
| James McCabe was born into a watch
and clockmaking family in Belfast. He came to London in the 1770s,
settling at Royal Exchange in 1804. He gained his Freedom of the
Clockmakers’ Company 1786 and became a Warden in 1811, the year he died.
James McCabe was succeeded by his son, also James, and it is he who must be regarded as one of the most successful English clock and watchmakers of the nineteenth century producing many fine examples. He was apprenticed to Reid and Auld and gained admittance to the Clockmakers Company 1822. Robert Jeremy McCabe, James’s nephew continued the business until he retired in 1883. |
