Matthew Dutton, London

Circa 1790

Sold

6 ft 5 inches high

A fine and particularly well-proportioned mahogany longcase clock. CASE The hood is surmounted by an architectural pediment above a plain frieze and the dial is flanked by stop-chamfered reeded angles. The trunk has a concave throat moulding above the long rectangular door, the base is fronted by a raised rectangular panel, which is supported on the original skirted plinth. DIAL The 11 inch square silvered brass dial is signed Matt Dutton London within the Roman and Arabic chapter ring. The delicate blued steel hands are fine pierced and there is the addition of a calendar aperture above chapter VI. MOVEMENT The fine quality movement has thick brass plate with five robust baluster pillars. The going train has anchor escapement with maintaining power and a steel-rod pendulum with a large brass-cased bob and milled rating nut. Matthew Dutton was the son of the eminent clockmaker William Dutton who was apprenticed to George Graham and in partnership with Thomas Mudge. Matthew was apprenticed to his father in 1771 and later in partnership with him in Fleet Street, London. He was admitted to the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers and in the year 1800 became Master. Matthew had a son (also called Matthew) who was admitted to the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in 1815.