English Mahogany Moon dial by Taylor of London c1850.
Reference #557.

Thomas Taylor was a well known clockmaker working in the London area 1851. The movement is an original eight day time and strike. It striking the hour on an English bell. This flame mahogany case is in good condition the door has a working lock and key. The pictures on the mon dial are of higher than usual quality as would be expected from a Taylor clock. The dial was originally painted at the Francis workshops in Birmingham.

Here is an extract for records of the London Clockmakers Company. It gives you a sense of Thomas Taylor place in history. On the 19th October 1682, Matthew Porter signed his apprenticeship papers and was bound apprentice to master clockmaker Thomas Taylor of The Strand, London.

Thomas Taylor, Freeman of the Clockmakers Company, was a leading clockmaker of that time, being listed as Assistant Warden of the Clockmakers Company when it was granted Letters Patent and the right to bear arms in 1671. He had learned his craft from Richard Masterson who made clocks in London between 1610 and 1633 and was a founder subscriber in 1630 of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, becoming its Master in 1668.

Dimensions H 97in W18in D9in.

Condition: Cleaned and serviced in full working order.

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