Abraham Weston, Lewes – late 17th Century
£1,150.00
An unrestored fine and unusual late 17th century thirty hour Longcase clock, signed Abraham Weston, Lewes.
The ten-inch dial is profusely engraved with a floral scroll in the break arch around a ringed calendar aperture with a wheat-ear border. The warmly patinated brass dial has a finely matted centre, engraved with a pair of delicately rendered birds in flight, whilst the chapter ring is provided with inside quarter division and flex de Lys half hour markers.
This clock was made by Abraham Weston the First, the earliest known member of the Weston family of clockmakers and the founder of a Lewes clockmaking dynasty which continued into the early 19th century. His son, James Weston, carried on the business, followed by Abraham Weston the Second, James’s son, and subsequently Abraham Weston the Third, son of Abraham the Second. The Weston name was therefore associated with clockmaking in Lewes for several generations, spanning well over a century.
The present clock is of particular interest not only for its fine engraving and attractive original character, but also for its rarity. This is one of only two examples known to us of this particular pattern, making it an especially interesting and unusual survival from the earliest period of the Weston family’s clockmaking in Lewes.
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