MAKER-JOHN BENHAM,CULLOMPTON 

CIRCA 1840.

Listed Maker 1838-1866

A good Devon inlaid figured mahogany longcase clock with 8-day movement, striking the hours on a bell.

The four-pillar rack and bell striking movement with 13.5 inch white break-arch Roman numeral dial with subsidiary seconds dial, arched calendar aperture and signed John Benham, Cullumpton to centre.The well painted attractive dial has the corners painted with leaping foxes beneath equestrian scene of huntsmen and hounds to arch, the break-arch case with wavy crest and spiral turned pilasters to hood, rectangular trunk door between parquetry edged panels and flanked by conforming twist turned pilasters to trunk, on panel fronted plinth base with ogee bracket feet.

The 8-day movement has been cleaned and overhauled and is in good working order.

Height 88in (224cm)
Width of hood 21in(54cm)               Depth of hood 10in(25cm)
Width of base 22in(56cm)                Depth of base 9in(23cm)
Width of trunk 15.5in(39.5cm)         Depth of trunk 7in(18cm)

The maker John Benham is listed in “Watchmakers and clockmakers of the World” by Brian Loomes  as working in Fore Street, Cullompton, Devon 1838-1866. Born circa 1810,died 1866

PRICE: £1,600 / $2,450  (US Dollars) / 1,920 Euro

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