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• The longcase grandfather clock and the sun dial
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• Who ruled when your grandfather clock or tallcase clock was made?
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• When your antique clock strikes wrong
• Parts for your grandfather clock
• Names on Grandfather Clock Dials
• Grandfather Clock Tip
• World Famous Grandfather Clocks
• Longcase / tallcase / grandfather clocks as an investment?
• Condition of antique longcase / tallcase / grandfather clocks
• Grandfather clock trunks
• Eric Harshbarger's Lego Grandfather Clock
• Chester's Famous Eastgate Clock
• How to set up a grandfather clock
• Definition of grandmother and granddaughter clocks
• Quarter chiming clocks
• Words to "Grandfather's Clock " song
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Marquetry and lacquered grandfather clock cases

Both used to house top quality works. Made from the mid to late seventeeth century to the early to mid eighteenth century. I do not think that many, if any, Cheshire clockmakers would have housed their works in such cases. A marquetry case, housing a works by Thomas Talbot of Nantwich, was recently sold in a Cheshire saleroom and a question mark was placed upon the originality of the clock.