antiquegrandfatherclocks

Clocks and Clockmakers of Cornnwall

John Belling of Bodmin

Cornwall

Dated 1764

Wonderful example of the work of this important Cornish Clockmaker

Signed John Belling - Bodmyn and dated 1764 housed in its original small primitive stained pine case

John Belling was an interesting Cornish clockmaker and the firm he established in the eighteenth century continued as clockmmakers and engineers through several generatiions

Eventualy becoming the Belling Cooker Company in the early 20th century and famous for the 'Baby Belling Cooker' - designed in the best engineering traditions in a shed at the bottom of the garden by a direct descendant of the clockmaker!

Sold to the owners of Belling Company for their museum

Samuel Shortman of Penzance Cornwall

circa 1800

Interesting automota dial of a rural scene with two characters operating a 'pit-saw'

The Wills family of Truro were highly regarded Cornish clockmakers throughout the 18th / 19th centuries - this grandfather clock by Richard Wills of Truro Cornwall with a lovely engraved brass dial is over two hundred years old and typical of the high quality of their work

Sold and back home in Cornwall