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Hook & Spike Clock - Richard Savage

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Picked this up yesterday as it looked fairly interesting, and I don’t have any very early clocks. I think this one is early 1700’s. 
 

Loomes showed a similar long case clock by the same maker here:

https://www.brianloomes.com/collecting/sleeper/sleeper.html#movement

 

The clock appears to be very dusty and the oil looks gungey, but otherwise seems ok. 
 

Presuming this is 30hr, but I don’t actually know for sure yet. The weight which it came with has a small hook to the top, so was not sure if this should attach to a pulley. It came from the house of a deceased relative. 
 

I’ve taken off the bell for the photos and the pendulum is not in the photos either. Oddly, the pendulum measures 110cm, so not sure if it’s a seconds pendulum or not - I suppose I can do a train count when I have it apart. 
 

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looks like you have a very interesting clock and the history behind it look forward to following your progress with it are the plates cast iron

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Has someone filed those spikes round, they should be pointed. I would say they are not the original ones. No way are those going to stick into a wall.  Pendulums rods on these clocks should be very long,  more than likely a 30 hour duration.  Looks like cast plates so don't clean them in an ultrasonic it will cause stress fractures and don't expect it to come gleaming and shiny.  

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The clock has a later bracket mount for attaching to the wall, so presumably the spikes were adapted for that reason. I’ll probably use the bracket as well, as I don’t want my wall getting scratched. 
 

I won’t let anything near the ultrasonic. I probably won’t use anything ammoniated, actually. 
 

The plates I think are cast iron - I think it was mentioned somewhere that this was common on Savage’s clocks. 

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If that is the case about the bracket mount, it's possible the clock never started out as a hook and spike. Many clocks with a bird cage movement were made of cast iron. 

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I'll have to compare it to other hook and spike examples from the same maker. There may also be a difference in the configuration of the top and bottom plates compared to the long case models.

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