Description

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Longcase clocks were individually handmade during the golden age of change that took place between the late seventeenth and mid-nineteenth centuries. Longcase clocks, with their seventeenth century clock making technology, were innovative and incorporated an accurate pendulum clock within an attractive piece of domestic furnishing.

About the Author

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Nigel Barnes runs an antique restoration business with his partner in the west of Ireland. He is a member of the Antiquarian Horological Society and describes himself as an enthusiastic amateur horologist, relying on his engineering background and a family history in clock making that stretches back to the 18th century.