FINE ANTIQUE CLOCKS.
Tel.(01732)358986. Fax.(01732)771842.
FINE ANTIQUE CLOCKS.
Tel.(01732)358986. Fax.(01732)771842.
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31089C.S An interesting skeleton clock which is one of a number that were made in the mid part of the 19th century by Evans in the form of the Scott Memorial in Edinburgh. This particular example has a balance wheel rather than the more usual pendulum and stands on a marble base. The movement is of high quality with five nicely turned pillars and all the wheelwork including the hour wheel have six crossings. Height: 21" (53.4 cms.) Sir Walter Scott 1771 - 1832, poet and novelist. Scott was the father of the historical novel, influential throughout Europe and America. The Scott monument designed by George Meikle Kemp and built 1840 - 1846. |
Evans of Handsworth
In 1805 Boulton & Watt, of the Soho
Foundry, Handsworth, Birmingham, decided to discontinue the manufacture of
clocks and handed this side of their business over to John Houghton who
had been their foreman. Houghton established himself in Soho Street and
called his business ‘The Soho Clock Factory,’ where trade flourished
and in due course his son-in-law, William Frederick Evans, joined him.
Houghton retired in 1843 leaving Evans to run the business and died some
20 years later.
Further details of Evans and descriptions of these clocks and pictures are to be found on pages 61-63 and 123-156 of "Skeleton Clocks. Britain 1800 - 1914" by Derek Roberts.
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