A fine walnut long case clock the design attributed to the Guild of Handicraft to a design by Charles Robert Ashbee the clock movement by John Moore & sons, the barometer by Negretti and Zambra, the tall case surmounted with pepper pot finial, the cover with carved open panels to the sides, crenellated top and pillasters, the slightly flaring body carved with sunflower stem, the flower set with a barometer and inscribed Take Time While Time is For Time Will Again, 275cm. high Catalogue notes A comparable clock case is illustrated in The Studio volume XII The Guild of Handicraft A Visit to Essex House, page 34. The Essex House workshop on Mile End Road was relatively close to John Moore's workshop in Clerkenwell Close. Read more »
A fine walnut long case clock the design attributed to the Guild of Handicraft to a design by Charles Robert Ashbee the clock movement by John Moore & sons, the barometer by Negretti and Zambra, the tall case surmounted with pepper pot finial, the cover with carved open panels to the sides, crenellated top and pillasters, the slightly flaring body carved with sunflower stem, the flower set with a barometer and inscribed Take Time While Time is For Time Will Again, 275cm. high Catalogue notes A comparable clock case is illustrated in The Studio volume XII The Guild of Handicraft A Visit to Essex House, page 34. The Essex House workshop on Mile End Road was relatively close to John Moore's workshop in Clerkenwell Close. Read more »
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