A GEORGE II EIGHT-DAY LONGCASE CLOCK MOVEMENT AND DIAL

A GEORGE II EIGHT-DAY LONGCASE CLOCK MOVEMENT AND DIALJohn Thomas, Crewkerne, circa 1730The four pillar rack and bell striking movement with anchor escapement for regulation by seconds pendulum, the 12 inch square brass dial with star engraved subsidiary seconds dial, herringbone border decorated calendar aperture and curved plate engraved John * Thomas * Crewkerne to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markets and Arabic five minutes to the outer track, with scroll pierced steel hands and female mask and scroll pattern spandrels to angles, (no pendulum or weights).33cm (13ins) high, 15cm (6ins) deep overall. John Thomas is recorded in Moore, A.J. THE CLOCKMAKERS OF SOMERSET 1650-1900 as born in 1690 and died in 1760. Moore notes that John Thomas took in three apprentices - Thomas Flood in 1719, Samuel Loman in 1749 and Roger Cousins in 1753; and that he was also listed as a Juror in 1748.