Isaac Rogers, London – Circa 1785
£14,500.00
Isaac Rogers was among the more commercially successful London makers of the later 18th century, noted particularly for musical clocks and for a strong export trade to the East. His name appears on a variety of refined domestic longcases as well as more elaborate pieces destined for overseas markets. The present example, dating to circa 1785, represents the restrained elegance of late Georgian taste in a compact and highly practical domestic form.
The eight-day movement supports a 10″ silvered shallow arch dial with subsidiary seconds — a configuration associated with precision and regulator influence rather than ostentation. The hood design is particularly telling: its architectural form, with three finial blocks and a pierced fret (now restored), reflects the regulator style frequently employed by London makers such as Thomas Mudge and Matt Dutton. This restrained classical vocabulary, favouring proportion and clarity over excessive carving, aligns the clock with the horological ideals of the period — accuracy, legibility, and balanced design.
The mahogany case is of exceptional colour and patination, its slender proportions (204 cm high, 40 cm wide, 24 cm deep) lending it an appealing domestic presence without sacrificing authority. Importantly, it retains its original weights and pendulum, reinforcing both integrity and desirability. Altogether, this is a finely judged late 18th-century London longcase — compact, elegant, and confidently made, bearing the name of a maker whose reputation extended well beyond England’s shores.
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