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Actions Displays	Duncan McGregor long case clock Remove from selection Add to selection Reproduction Download mediaDownload as zip file Object number20847 TitleDuncan McGregor long case clock Creator Duncan McGregor (clockmaker)‎ DescriptionThis beautiful longcase clock was made in the early 1870s by Duncan McGregor (1828-1893) of St Ninians, Stirling. It originally belonged to John Jenkins of local solicitors A & J Jenkins and Jardine and stood in their office (now Jardine Donaldson) on Port Street until 2008. This clock would have made its presence felt, with its gong chiming out the hour regularly and its striking decorative features. A brass dial sits on a base of flowers and leaves, finely carved in rich mahogany. It is topped with a symmetrical design: a classical vase of flowers sits at the apex, with scrolls, leaves and berries on either side. 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. 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 one 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 - such as the case - ready-made, and then put the clock together in their own workshop. Production placeSt Ninians Production date 1870 - 1875 Production period19th century Object nameLong case clock, Clock Horology MaterialMahogany veneer Dimensions whole Height: 1960 mm whole Width: 595 mm whole Depth: 292 mm

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Object number20847

TitleDuncan McGregor long case clock

DescriptionThis beautiful longcase clock was made in the early 1870s by Duncan McGregor (1828-1893) of St Ninians, Stirling. It originally belonged to John Jenkins of local solicitors A & J Jenkins and Jardine and stood in their office (now Jardine Donaldson) on Port Street until 2008. This clock would have made its presence felt, with its gong chiming out the hour regularly and its striking decorative features. A brass dial sits on a base of flowers and leaves, finely carved in rich mahogany. It is topped with a symmetrical design: a classical vase of flowers sits at the apex, with scrolls, leaves and berries on either side. 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. 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 one 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 - such as the case - ready-made, and then put the clock together in their own workshop.

Production placeSt Ninians

Production date 1870 - 1875

Production period19th century

Object nameLong case clock, Clock

Horology

MaterialMahogany veneer

Dimensions

whole Height: 1960 mm
whole Width: 595 mm
whole Depth: 292 mm