Local Domestic Longcase and Wall Clocks
A Collection of Cotswold Longcase and Wall Clocks from Evesham to Chipping Norton |
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| Archer of Stow (HOOK & SPIKE) Wall Clock |
Stephen Cook Antiques are delighted to offer a small collection of Local Country Longcase and Wall Clocks, which represent the local artisans producing a working clock for local people who were always money conscious. We think they have there own local charm and naivety, we hope you enjoy them.
Walter Archer worked at Stow-on-the-Wold in Gloucestershire from the 1690s, a rural maker who did sign his clocks. He was typical of many early clocksmiths in that he did much of, if not all of, his own work and would make whatever type of clock he could sell at the time, from hanging (hook-and-spike) alarm timepieces, to true lantern clocks, to both eight-day and thirty-hour longcase clocks. His clientele included rustic farmers who were incredibly price-conscious and had little money to spend and were probably the last people in the world to need a clock, as they got up when it was light and went to bed when it was dark. He therefore cut his quality down to as low a price level as he could, when he had to. But he still had to supply them with a serviceable clock.
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Opening Times: 7th - 20st October
Monday to Saturday 10.00am - 5.30pm
Sunday 7th & 14th 11.00am - 3.00pm |
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