3rd Dec, 2015 10:00

Fine Art

 
Lot 1144
 

John Sanderson, Wigton: a pine thirty hour longcase clock, the brass roman dial centred by inscription ''Remember Man That Die thou Must And after that too Judgement Just'', with date aperture to centre, single train movement with anchor escapement, plain pine case with rectangular waist door, panel base on plinth, 74in. (188cms) high. NB John Sanderson was orphaned as a child and was brought up by his father's brother. He then went on to father a child by the wife of this uncle who had brought him up. When the child was baptised, he had to face the shame of this being announced in church before every member of his family and the rest of the parish. His early mistake caused him to turn to religion and for a while he turned to Quakerism. The inscription on this clock appears to have been his favourite verse. Almost all of his output was in thirty hour square dial clocks with anchor escapements and some with lantern movements.

Sold for £400


 

Auction: Fine Art, 3rd Dec, 2015

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