A Queen Anne period walnut longcase clock with brass dial signed 'Jno. Culliford - Briftoll'

Celebrating 320 years of domestic life and still as good as it left the clockmakers workshop...

Made by John Culliford of Bristol just after the turn of the 1700's.  This exceptional early clock goes for eight days and is housed in its original walnut case a very rare find and now conserved, preserved and restored by our team of skilled artisans - presented in exemplary condition and for sale in our showroom

Note:  Early Bristol clocks are much rarer than their London contempories and to many eyes more desirable for it.

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John Culliford became a Burgess of Bristol through his marriage to Sarah Richards in 1692.  He worked until 1716 and was paid a 'sallary' of £8 a year to maintain the clock at Christchurch Bristol

In 1716 his shop adjacent to the west front of Christchurch

Bibl: The clockmakers of Bristol 1650-1900   A.J. Moore

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