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| Clock as bought looking in a very sorry state. | Side view with interesting engraving. This is probably original or applied soon after the clock was made. | The clock movement stripped down. | The engraving on the dial is of very good quality and in the style used in 1640. |
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Top plate removed showing the top pin hole in the gallery bracket. (Bottom left corner) Note the long hammer spring on the right. |
The fixing brackets for the gallery were all covered in solder and assumed to be replacements but after the solder was brushed of the brackets were found to be riveted onto the gallery with one rivet integral with each bracket. Two of these had to be repaired with silver solder but the others were all right and the soft solder had only been put on to strengthen them in the past. (Note the well finished hammer spring) | Gallery re-fitted to the clock. The bottom Gallery fixing brackets had been screwed on with fairly modern screws in the past from underneath, this was thought to be a previous repair job. Brass lugs were fitted to the screw threads in the bracket these fit into the plain holes in the intermediate top plate, this allows the Gallery to be fitted after the intermediate top plate is fitted and thought to be the original fixing way. | Top plate of clock showing brackets with pivot holes in for quarter hammers and fixings for front fret. |
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| The bell was much to small and badly fitted and the Frets were obviously fairly modern. | Luckily another old bell the right size was available and fitted, the frets were also changed for replacements of the correct period. | The quarter striking bell stands were very badly made and solderd together at the base. When the solder was removed three of the original bases were found. | An original bell stand foot showing that the upright was riveted into the base. New uprights were made and a new foot to match the other old ones. |