Clock Makers of Lutterworth

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The Corrall family were famous Lutterworth clockmakers in the 18th and 19th centuries. E.J.Haswell was equally well-known in the 20th C.

CORRALL, FRANCIS- LUTTERWORTH: Watchmaking before 1755. Long-case clocks, working c. 1740-1760. Brass dial, LMC.

CORRALL, THOMAS- LUTTERWORTH: Clock and watch-making from before 1756 until 1795. Brass dial, LMC.

CORRALL, WILLIAM- LUTTERWORTH: Mid eighteenth-century watch-maker

CORRALL, POWELL- LUTTERWORTH: Working 1777- 1795

DAVISON, J.-LUTTERWORTH: Long case clock c1815

HALLAM, EDWARD-LUTTERWORTH: Clock and watch-maker.SLWC

HASWELL-LUTTERWORTH: A wall clock by him (c. 1840) has been recorded

Examples on display in the museum include:

Clock made by Francis Corrall of Lutterworth c. 1750.
10″ x 10″. Centre matted, with two engraved birds bearing sprays of flowers. Applied silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals separated by fleurs-de-lys and quarter markings. Between VII and V Fras Corrall Lutterworth Spandrels: bust of cherub, winged, and arabesque.

Clock made by Thomas Corrall of Lutterworth c. 1750.
11″ x 11″. Centre engraved with floral spray and Thomas Corrall LUTTERWORTH Engraved Roman numerals separated by flowers and quarter markings, and outer minute band which executes a semicircle between each Arabic numeral. Spandrels: engraved fruit and arabesque.

Clock made by Thomas Corrall of Lutterworth c. 1790.
Centre: a flower. Semicircular hole of calendar dial. T. Corrall LUTTERWORTH Roman numerals and minutes in Arabic numerals, the intervals indicated by dots. Spandrels: purplish flowers.


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