Fao: Stuey

[Dizmo]

As promised my friend...

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I'm questioning whether or not it's actually a Grandfather clock instead of a Grandmother clock. I'm 99% sure it's a Grandmother clock. Let me know what you think :)

This is open for others to comment and give any suggestions regarding why it keeps stopping at 3 o'clock. It's never been over wound - not to my knowledge anyway.

[HansUrbancka]

I have always understood that if a long cased floor standing clock is 6ft or more in height, it is a Grandfather.

The John Richard Clock in your link is as high as the room's door frame which I would guess is over 6ft. Consequently I am certain that you have a Grandfather Clock.

Sorry I can't offer any reasonr for the clock continually stopping at 3 o'clock.

It certainly looks a lovely item.

Hans.

[stuey]

The terms "Grandfather" and "Grandmother" don't mean anything really. They are called tall or long case clocks. An interesting looking oldie. It's a time and strike movement which should strike the hours and one strike on the half hour. I only see one weight in the photo: there should be two (maybe one is hiding:)). Is the weight cord catching on the end of the slot in one picture? Is the pendulum catching against the back-board. It certainly needs a good cleaning and oiling. I can't make out all the engraving: John (something), and Malton (something).

[Dizmo]

Stuey: The other weight is hiding :) Oh yeah it certainly needs a clean by someone that knows what they are doing! The pendulum doesn't catch on the back board, it may look like it in that photo because I only just started it running and I've got the finesse of a chimp eating a banana.

[Dizmo]

The marking the backboard was already there when we acquired it years and years ago. It doesn't catch now though.

[Dizmo]

Oh wow, it just struck 16:00.

[stuey]

It appears that some of the teeth on the cord sprocket are chipped or broken, but that could just be the lighting and shadowing in the photo. Someone might have replaced the original cat-gut, or whatever was used, with a shorter piece, therefore resulting in a shorter running time. Great looking clock by the way, Dizmo. You should have a clock-maker come in and give you a quote on "fixing" it.

[Dizmo]

Thanks Stuey. The problem with the running time is it only runs for 12 hours and the weights are even at the bottom when it stops. I'll get someone in :)

[stuey]

Dizmo, I posted your photos on the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors web site. Not so much regarding your problem (because you really can't see much), but to see if we can get some history on the clock. I'll let you know.

[Dizmo]

Cheers :)

[jourdain2]

This looks so like my grandfather clock. The face is engraved 'Tho. Lister, Halifax' and I've dated it to around 1780. It would have been a plain case which was hand-carved (in my case with dolphins, warrior with helmet etc.) in Victorian times. Mine also has had the face altered to include phases of the moon and hours. Yours needs some T.L.C. I think (mine did and it cost me a bit, but it's lovely that it works well now). Out of interest, it is likely that the case (if it is Yorkshire and 'Malton' suggests that) may well have been made by the Chippendale factory in Otley at that time - they were the chief manufacturers. Mine very probably was as it hadn't moved more than a few miles. Just thought you might be interested. :)

[stuey]

Jourdain2, here is an article about Thomas Lister: http://mb.nawcc.org/showthread.php?46019-age-of-Lister-clock&highlight=thomas+lister+clocks

[jourdain2]

Thank you very much Stuey. 'Grandad' has been with me most of my life. My dad bought him, when I was about 5, from a house sale at Bracken Hall, Baildon W. Yorks. - we lived at Low Green, Baildon. I love to think of him ticking away through the battle of Waterloo etc.. It's difficult to move him and I have to face moving him again in early March - going back to Yorkshire (East Riding this time) from ticking away in France. I just love him and want to know everything about him (I can't say 'it').

[jourdain2]

Premature - site won't let me onto it - oh well!

[Dizmo]

jourdain2: Why can't you get on that site?

[DaisyNonna]

Ghostly grandparent

[jourdain2]

dizmo - it says 'the administrator has blocked access because of changes to ip address' or words as near to that as I can get. Maybe it's because I have a .fr after my address? I've certainly never tried to access the site before so |I'm baffled.

[jourdain2]

Very probably daisynonna!

[stuey]

That's strange, jourdain2. Daisy Nonna or Dizmo, see if you can get on to it.

[stuey]

It can't be the "fr" bit, as there are lots of French members of that site.

[jourdain2]

~~Thanks very much. It's getting late here so am signing off. Will try again tomorrow. 'Night :)x