This clock was painted in England but imitating both designs and material from China, reflecting a moment in the history of the world when trade was expanding between Europe and the Far East.

This is the dial of my pine-cased longcase clock. This style of dial with arabic numbers is typical of longcase clocks made between 1800-1820. This dial can be fairly accurately dated at around ...

This clock represents the pinnacle of achievement in horology for the late 17C. How Thomas Tompion who made it acquired his outstanding scientific and technical skills is not known. The 'face' has ...

Usually it takes her an hour-and-a-half each week to manually wind the clock collection, but turning them back takes longer, she said. One particularly challenging timepiece is a walnut long case ...

A range of items, including a historic clock dating back to 1757, is set to be auctioned in Cockermouth later this month. The George II astronomical longcase clock, made by Gandy of Cockermouth ...