Lantern Clock by Harold Carter-Bowles of Cheltenham. 8-Day.
An English brass lantern clock, Early 20th Century, by 'Harold Carter-Bowles' of Cheltenham.
"Harold Carter-Bowles was born in 1889 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. By the time he was 32 he was restoring historically important clocks, including an automaton pagoda clock by James Cox, which is on display in Anglesey Abbey.
He would restore several of James Cox's automaton clocks, originally intended for the Asian market, and this may have been a particular interest of Carter-Bowles. He continued to restore and repair clocks for Lord Fairhaven, who owned Anglesey Abbey, even after he set up his own shop in Cheltenham.
He also acquired and sold at least one clock to Lord Fairhaven; a large marble sundial-shaped clock by Morris Tobias, which is still on view at the Abbey.
Around 1931, he established a shop in Cheltenham, at 6 Queen's Circus, and was described as a watch, clock, and scientific instrument maker. His shop front window was described as being 'always a source of great interest for the many horological curios that were in it'. At some point in his career, he also branched out into the selling of music boxes, though the extent of his manufacture of these remains unknown. In 1936, at an auction held in Stevens Auction Rooms, he purchased the effects of Dr. R. N. Pickering, a well-known horologist, including a number of unfinished movements.
One of his career-long associations seems to have been with Courtenay Ilbert, the well-know horological collector, whose collection is now in the British Museum. Beginning in 1950 Carter-Bowles was elected Chairman of the newly formed Cheltenham branch of the British Horological Institute, a position he would hold until 1952, before becoming the branch's Vice-President, which he would remain until his death in 1961. About a month before his death, he donated a parcel of antique horological tools to the British Horological Institute's museum, in order to enhance one of their exhibitions on early horology."
Dimensions:
38cm Height
16cm Width.
8-Day Movement.
-Serviced, Cleaned & Lightly Polished.
-Comes with Pendulum & Winding Key.
Priced at £575.00
An English brass lantern clock, Early 20th Century, by 'Harold Carter-Bowles' of Cheltenham.
"Harold Carter-Bowles was born in 1889 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. By the time he was 32 he was restoring historically important clocks, including an automaton pagoda clock by James Cox, which is on display in Anglesey Abbey.
He would restore several of James Cox's automaton clocks, originally intended for the Asian market, and this may have been a particular interest of Carter-Bowles. He continued to restore and repair clocks for Lord Fairhaven, who owned Anglesey Abbey, even after he set up his own shop in Cheltenham.
He also acquired and sold at least one clock to Lord Fairhaven; a large marble sundial-shaped clock by Morris Tobias, which is still on view at the Abbey.
Around 1931, he established a shop in Cheltenham, at 6 Queen's Circus, and was described as a watch, clock, and scientific instrument maker. His shop front window was described as being 'always a source of great interest for the many horological curios that were in it'. At some point in his career, he also branched out into the selling of music boxes, though the extent of his manufacture of these remains unknown. In 1936, at an auction held in Stevens Auction Rooms, he purchased the effects of Dr. R. N. Pickering, a well-known horologist, including a number of unfinished movements.
One of his career-long associations seems to have been with Courtenay Ilbert, the well-know horological collector, whose collection is now in the British Museum. Beginning in 1950 Carter-Bowles was elected Chairman of the newly formed Cheltenham branch of the British Horological Institute, a position he would hold until 1952, before becoming the branch's Vice-President, which he would remain until his death in 1961. About a month before his death, he donated a parcel of antique horological tools to the British Horological Institute's museum, in order to enhance one of their exhibitions on early horology."
Dimensions:
38cm Height
16cm Width.
8-Day Movement.
-Serviced, Cleaned & Lightly Polished.
-Comes with Pendulum & Winding Key.
Priced at £575.00
An English brass lantern clock, Early 20th Century, by 'Harold Carter-Bowles' of Cheltenham.
"Harold Carter-Bowles was born in 1889 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. By the time he was 32 he was restoring historically important clocks, including an automaton pagoda clock by James Cox, which is on display in Anglesey Abbey.
He would restore several of James Cox's automaton clocks, originally intended for the Asian market, and this may have been a particular interest of Carter-Bowles. He continued to restore and repair clocks for Lord Fairhaven, who owned Anglesey Abbey, even after he set up his own shop in Cheltenham.
He also acquired and sold at least one clock to Lord Fairhaven; a large marble sundial-shaped clock by Morris Tobias, which is still on view at the Abbey.
Around 1931, he established a shop in Cheltenham, at 6 Queen's Circus, and was described as a watch, clock, and scientific instrument maker. His shop front window was described as being 'always a source of great interest for the many horological curios that were in it'. At some point in his career, he also branched out into the selling of music boxes, though the extent of his manufacture of these remains unknown. In 1936, at an auction held in Stevens Auction Rooms, he purchased the effects of Dr. R. N. Pickering, a well-known horologist, including a number of unfinished movements.
One of his career-long associations seems to have been with Courtenay Ilbert, the well-know horological collector, whose collection is now in the British Museum. Beginning in 1950 Carter-Bowles was elected Chairman of the newly formed Cheltenham branch of the British Horological Institute, a position he would hold until 1952, before becoming the branch's Vice-President, which he would remain until his death in 1961. About a month before his death, he donated a parcel of antique horological tools to the British Horological Institute's museum, in order to enhance one of their exhibitions on early horology."
Dimensions:
38cm Height
16cm Width.
8-Day Movement.
-Serviced, Cleaned & Lightly Polished.
-Comes with Pendulum & Winding Key.
Priced at £575.00