Divided posted movement, now with rebuilt verge escapement, striking the hours only on an outside count wheel, well-proportioned frame with urn finials, foliate scroll frets, slender corner columns and ball feet, the rear with original iron back plate, hanging loop and wall spikes, the dial plate signed Roger Moore de Ipswich fecit above engraved tulips, the chapter ring with Roman numerals and a single iron hand, the original doors with rebuilt wings. Height 39 cm, circa 1685.

Little is known of the early life of Roger Moore. He was married to Elizabeth Page in Ipswich in 1687 and their first son, also Roger, was born in 1688. Their second son, Thomas, was born in 1690 en he was to become the most famous of the Ipswich Clockmakers.

Literature :
Haggar/Miller – Suffolk Clocks & Clockmakers (1974). This clock is illustrated on the images 10/10A. Upon request the purchase of the clock will be accompanied by a copy of the now antiquarian book, that has become quite
expensive in the meantime.
                   
George White – English Lantern Clocks
Brian Loomes – The Early Clockmakers of Great Britain

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