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Actions Displays	John Bayne long case clock Remove from selection Add to selection Reproduction Download mediaDownload as zip file Object number17844 TitleJohn Bayne long case clock Creator John Bayne (maker)‎ DescriptionDespite its age, this elegant longcase clock keeps perfect time. It was made towards the end of the 18th century by local clockmaker John Bayne and is in fact the oldest clock in our collection. John Bayne qualified as a clockmaker in 1777 and traded in Stirling until the 1790s. He was based “opposite Cowane’s Yard” in Spittal Street, the bustling, noisy centre of the Burgh. His workshop was just along the road from the local slaughterhouse – looking at the scene depicted on the clock’s dial, it is not hard to imagine that Bayne was inspired by what he saw out of the window. A herdsman brandishing his staff ushers a rather shame-faced bull towards his fate, namely the butcher, apron on, axe raised and at the ready. Even the butcher’s dog seems keen to resolve the problem of the reluctant bovine. The square, brass dial has been beautifully silvered and engraved. As well as the main dial which tells the hour and the minutes, there are smaller ones which indicate the seconds and the day of the month. The intricate hands of the main dial sweep across delicately drawn birds in flight. Longcase clocks take their name from the long wooden case in which the pendulums are housed. They have either an eight-day movement (which requires winding once a week) or a one-day movement (wound every day). The parts needed to make a clock such as this are the case, the dial and the movements (the mechanism that tells the time). Skilled clockmakers would have made everything themselves, but it was also common for a maker to buy some parts ready-made, and then put the clock together in their own workshop. DescriptionLongcase Grandfather Clock, Brass,wood, original glass.Face silvered 1998 by Charles Allan: image of man with stick, man with axe & apron,dog chasing bull, J.Bayne, Stirling. Production placeStirling, Production date 1777 - 1790 Object nameClock, Longcase Grandfather Clock Clocks & Watches TechniqueHandcrafted

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Object number17844

TitleJohn Bayne long case clock

Creator John Bayne (maker)‎

DescriptionDespite its age, this elegant longcase clock keeps perfect time. It was made towards the end of the 18th century by local clockmaker John Bayne and is in fact the oldest clock in our collection. John Bayne qualified as a clockmaker in 1777 and traded in Stirling until the 1790s. He was based “opposite Cowane’s Yard” in Spittal Street, the bustling, noisy centre of the Burgh. His workshop was just along the road from the local slaughterhouse – looking at the scene depicted on the clock’s dial, it is not hard to imagine that Bayne was inspired by what he saw out of the window. A herdsman brandishing his staff ushers a rather shame-faced bull towards his fate, namely the butcher, apron on, axe raised and at the ready. Even the butcher’s dog seems keen to resolve the problem of the reluctant bovine. The square, brass dial has been beautifully silvered and engraved. As well as the main dial which tells the hour and the minutes, there are smaller ones which indicate the seconds and the day of the month. The intricate hands of the main dial sweep across delicately drawn birds in flight. Longcase clocks take their name from the long wooden case in which the pendulums are housed. They have either an eight-day movement (which requires winding once a week) or a one-day movement (wound every day). The parts needed to make a clock such as this are the case, the dial and the movements (the mechanism that tells the time). Skilled clockmakers would have made everything themselves, but it was also common for a maker to buy some parts ready-made, and then put the clock together in their own workshop.

DescriptionLongcase Grandfather Clock, Brass,wood, original glass.Face silvered 1998 by Charles Allan: image of man with stick, man with axe & apron,dog chasing bull, J.Bayne, Stirling.

Production placeStirling,

Production date 1777 - 1790

Object nameClock, Longcase Grandfather Clock

Clocks & Watches

TechniqueHandcrafted