JOHN WHITEHURST (the elder) OAK TALL CASE CLOCK,  ENGLAND - c1715 - SOLD

RARE EARLY c1715 OAK TALL CASE CLOCK WITH BRASS FACE DIAL BY JOHN WHITEHURST,THE ELDER (1687-1731), OF CONGLETON (CHESHIRE), ENGLAND.  THE CLOCK HAS BEEN TUNED, OILED & WORKS.
 
WHITEHURST’S OLDEST SON, JOHN THE YOUNGER, (1713-1788) BECAME A FAMOUS CLOCKMAKER-SETTING UP HIS BUSINESS IN DERBY (40 MILES FROM CONGLETON) IN 1736. JOHN, THE YOUNGER,  WAS ALSO A RENOWNED SCIENTIST AND INVENTOR.  - SOLD