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Actions Displays	James Peddie long case clock Remove from selection Add to selection Reproduction Download mediaDownload as zip file Object numberTEMP:2023.0003 TitleJames Peddie long case clock Creator James Peddie DescriptionThis beautiful longcase clock was made in 1842 and is a rare, dated example by James Peddie. Tucked away inside the case is a receipt which tells us that it cost Mr J Carmichael £6 6s 0d, less six shillings for payment in cash. The clock remained with the family until 2001. The Peddie family were clockmakers in Stirling for three generations, from 1774-1857. James Peddie joined the Hammermen, the first of Stirling’s Seven Incorporated Trades, in 1836 and soon after opened his own business on Baker Street. In 1842 - the year that he made this clock – Peddie was elected Deacon of the Hammermen for the first time and made a Burgess of Stirling. Like other prominent clockmakers in the town, Peddie took a turn at maintaining the town clock on the Athenaeum at the head of King Street. We think the Peddie clock was made in honour of Queen Victoria’s visit to Stirling in 1842. The queen was an avid reader of Sir Walter Scott’s novels and determined to visit Scotland only five years into her reign. Arriving by boat at Edinburgh, she was enchanted by her trip, travelling through Perthshire and stopping at Stirling en route back to the capital. Her love affair with the Highlands began with this visit in 1842. This clock would have made an elegant addition to any fashionable household at the time. The delicately painted images on the clock face are complemented by the dark, rich wooden case. Queen Victoria sits in state above representations of the four countries of the United Kingdom at each corner. 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. Object nameLong case clock MaterialWood, Brass, Lead Dimensions Height: 2180 mm Width: 500 mm Depth: 250 mm

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TitleJames Peddie long case clock

DescriptionThis beautiful longcase clock was made in 1842 and is a rare, dated example by James Peddie. Tucked away inside the case is a receipt which tells us that it cost Mr J Carmichael £6 6s 0d, less six shillings for payment in cash. The clock remained with the family until 2001. The Peddie family were clockmakers in Stirling for three generations, from 1774-1857. James Peddie joined the Hammermen, the first of Stirling’s Seven Incorporated Trades, in 1836 and soon after opened his own business on Baker Street. In 1842 - the year that he made this clock – Peddie was elected Deacon of the Hammermen for the first time and made a Burgess of Stirling. Like other prominent clockmakers in the town, Peddie took a turn at maintaining the town clock on the Athenaeum at the head of King Street. We think the Peddie clock was made in honour of Queen Victoria’s visit to Stirling in 1842. The queen was an avid reader of Sir Walter Scott’s novels and determined to visit Scotland only five years into her reign. Arriving by boat at Edinburgh, she was enchanted by her trip, travelling through Perthshire and stopping at Stirling en route back to the capital. Her love affair with the Highlands began with this visit in 1842. This clock would have made an elegant addition to any fashionable household at the time. The delicately painted images on the clock face are complemented by the dark, rich wooden case. Queen Victoria sits in state above representations of the four countries of the United Kingdom at each corner. 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.

Object nameLong case clock

MaterialWood, Brass, Lead

Dimensions

Height: 2180 mm
Width: 500 mm
Depth: 250 mm