Longcase clock
Thomas Lister, Senior (1717 - 1779)
Category
Horology
Date
circa 1750 - 1800
Materials
Place of origin
Halifax
Order this imageCollection
Max Gate, Dorset
NT 1689016
Summary
Longcase clock with a 30 hour movement. Brass face with chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic minutes, with subsidiary dials within for seconds and calendar and the maker's name, Lister, Halifax, and with brass foliate spandrels to the corners. Above is a lunar calendar to the arch, with dial and painted moon disc displaying the phases of the moon. In an ornately carved wooden case on a plinth base, the hood topped with a swan neck pediment and with wooden columns with brass capitals and bases flanking the dial.
Makers and roles
Thomas Lister, Senior (1717 - 1779), horologist Thomas Lister, Junior (1745-1814), horologist