A William and Mary eight-day longcase clock movement with 10 inch dial Edward Stanton London, circa 1695 The five finned pillar countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement for regulation by a seconds pendulum, the 10 inch square brass dial with subsidiary seconds dial, ringed winding holes and scroll border engraved calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers, Arabic five minutes within the outer minute track and signed Edw d Stanton, Londini Fecit to lower margin, with fine sculpted steel hands and cast winged cherub head spandrels to angles within a scribed line border (no pendulum or weights). Edward Stanton is recorded in Loomes, Brian Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 as born in about 1641 and apprenticed to Francis Bowen (a journeyman for William Bowyer in 1655 before being transferred to Nathaniel Allen by 1662. Stanton gained his freedom of the Clockmakers Company in January 1662/63 and is believed to have moved to Fetter Lane in the Parish of St. Dunstan in the West by 1666. He took in many apprentices most notably William Cattell (freed 1672) and Samuel Stevens (freed 1671). Many of Edward Stanton s (particularly his lantern clocks) are signed with his address at Leaden Hall Street probably executed in his own hand as records indicate that he was also an engraved who was accused of engraving Robert Seigniour s name on a clock made by Henry Jones. In 1688 he witnessed the will of his former apprentice, William Cattell and was overseer to the execution of John Ebsworth s will in 1699. Edward Stanton served made an Assistant of the Clockmakers Company in 1682, served as a Warden from 1693 and became Master of the Company in 1697. He was also one of the original subscribers of the Bank of England when it was founded in 1694 depositing £100, and signed the Clockmakers Company oath of Allegiance whilst serving as Master in 1697. Stanton had an illness in 1701/2 and is believed to have died in 1715.
A William and Mary eight-day longcase clock movement with 10 inch dial Edward Stanton London, circa 1695 The five finned pillar countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement for regulation by a seconds pendulum, the 10 inch square brass dial with subsidiary seconds dial, ringed winding holes and scroll border engraved calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers, Arabic five minutes within the outer minute track and signed Edw d Stanton, Londini Fecit to lower margin, with fine sculpted steel hands and cast winged cherub head spandrels to angles within a scribed line border (no pendulum or weights). Edward Stanton is recorded in Loomes, Brian Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 as born in about 1641 and apprenticed to Francis Bowen (a journeyman for William Bowyer in 1655 before being transferred to Nathaniel Allen by 1662. Stanton gained his freedom of the Clockmakers Company in January 1662/63 and is believed to have moved to Fetter Lane in the Parish of St. Dunstan in the West by 1666. He took in many apprentices most notably William Cattell (freed 1672) and Samuel Stevens (freed 1671). Many of Edward Stanton s (particularly his lantern clocks) are signed with his address at Leaden Hall Street probably executed in his own hand as records indicate that he was also an engraved who was accused of engraving Robert Seigniour s name on a clock made by Henry Jones. In 1688 he witnessed the will of his former apprentice, William Cattell and was overseer to the execution of John Ebsworth s will in 1699. Edward Stanton served made an Assistant of the Clockmakers Company in 1682, served as a Warden from 1693 and became Master of the Company in 1697. He was also one of the original subscribers of the Bank of England when it was founded in 1694 depositing £100, and signed the Clockmakers Company oath of Allegiance whilst serving as Master in 1697. Stanton had an illness in 1701/2 and is believed to have died in 1715.
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