A MAGNIFICENT ANTIQUE (1780-1790) SAMUEL COLLINGS (DOWNEND) LONG CASE GRANDFATHER CLOCK, WORKING!!

***PLEASE NOTE WE ALSO DELIVER TO JOHANNESBURG AND BLOEMFONTEIN***

THIS MAGNIFICENT ANTIQUE (1780-1790) SAMUEL COLLINGS (DOWNEND) LONG CASE GRANDFATHER CLOCK IS AN EXTREMELY AWESOME FIND. THE COLLINGS (ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE COLLINS) FAMILY PRODUCED CLOCKS FROM THE MID 1700's WITH EACH FAMILY MEMBER IDENTIFYING THEIR CLOCKS BY THE REGION WHERE THEIR FACTORIES WERE IN. THIS CLOCK WAS MADE IN DOWNEND, (THERE WAS ALSO A SAMUEL COLLINGS OF THORNBURY, SAMUEL COLLINGS OF MANGOTSFIELD, AS WELL AS A JOHN COLLINGS AND MICHAEL COLLINGS). RECORDS ALSO SHOW THAT SAMUEL COLLINGS WAS MAINTAINING THE CHURCH CLOCK IN STAPLETON IN 1789. THIS SPECTACULAR CLOCK HAS A MAHOGANY CASE WITH A SOLID BRASS CLOCK FACE AND IT STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL KEY. THIS INCREDIBLE LONG-CASE CLOCK STANDS A WHOPPING 2130mm HIGH x 240mm DEEP AND 500mm WIDE. THE CLOCK "RINGS" ON THE HOUR AND IS WOUND WITH A SINGLE CONTINUOUS CHAIN WITH AN IMPOSING WEIGHT. THERE HAS BEEN SOME AESTHETIC TOUCH-UPS, WHICH IS TO BE EXPECTED. THIS IS TRULY A SUBSTANTIAL CLOCK AND ONE OF ONLY A HANDFUL EVER MADE. THE CLOCK IS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY AND WOULD NEED A SERVICE AS IT HAS BEEN IN STORAGE FOR A LONG TIME. PLEASE VIEW THE PICS CAREFULLY TO FULLY APPRECIATE THIS MAGNIFICENT ANTIQUE CLOCK AND TO CONFIRM THE CONDITION.

FROM THE INTERNET: "Samuel Collings was a clockmaker in Downend and who was producing clocks in 1780’s and 1790’s".

***SPECTACULAR & EXTREMELY RARE ENGLISH GRAND FATHER CLOCK***

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