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Clockmaker,
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Jacob Mickelfield, or Micklefield was a
clockmaker who lived and worked in The Square at Goldhanger in the
mid 1700s. His name is spelt both ways on his clocks and on documents seen
relating to him. Today the house is a listed building and shows on the
Electoral Role as No.2 Head Street, being the first house on the north side
of village square. The house is now called “The Clockmakers”...
Mickelfield's house
is on the right (postcard from the early 1900s) After working in Goldhanger for over twenty
years he moved his business to Southminster, and clocks still survive with
both Goldhanger and Southminster engraved on the dials. The period of time he
worked in Southminster is not known. Here is a summary of dates taken from
several sources. . . |
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1735 - birth record of a Jacob
Mickelfield 1766 - Jacob Micklefield cited in
apprenticeship indentures Goldhanger 1766 - Jacob Micklefield recorded in
taxation listing as a Goldhanger residence 1767 - Deeds of the property show Jacob
Mickelfield purchased the house for ₤134 1767 - Jacob Mickelfield,
"whitesmith", leased a property at Goldhanger for five shillings 1781 - Deeds of the property show Jacob
Mickelfield sold the house for ₤200 1782 - a land tax assessment for
Goldhanger paying 12s 10d as the owner 1789 - Jacob Mickelfield was a resident
of Southminster a taxation listing 1789 - Jacob Mickelfield aged nine, son
of the clockmaker, was buried in Southminster 1789 - Jacob Mickelfield was listed as a
master clockmaker when he took on an apprentice 1803 - Jacob Mickelfield was a resident
of Southminster in a taxation listing |
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Jacob Mickelfield would have contructed, re-built and repaired
many clocks in his working career. To date (2022) eleven have been
identified . . . (select
the clock images to enlarge them) go
to the... most
recent find>> Purchased in Suffolk in the 1980s A brass Lantern clock belonging to a Goldhanger family who are
no longer resident in the village. Inscribed: Jacob Mickelfield,
Goldhanger |
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For sale in the Leigh Auction Rooms Leigh on Sea, Essex, October 1998 A George III oak long case clock, the arch brass dial with
automated painted sailing ship, date aperture and second subsidiary dial,
maker: Jacob Mickelfield, Southminster, Essex, the eight day movement
with five pillars and striking on a bell, the case with an arch door and
plinth base. (George III reign was 1760 -1801) |
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Sold by Sotheby's Billingshurst, West Sussex, February 2000 A 30 hour long case clock movement and dial, English, late 18th
Century, the 11inch dial signed on the chapter ring Jacob Mickelfield,
Goldhanger, the birdcage movement with external locking plate and
striking on a bell, with pendulum and weight, faults. |
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Sold by Desmond Judd,
Cranbrook, Kent May
2002 Jacob Mickelfield, (Southminster, Essex)
- (18thc) - (circa 1740-1770) an interesting early to mid 18thc. English
Georgian brass longcase dial and movement. 11 inch square 30 hour single
hand, single piece dial and 'birdcaged' movement with single weight on a
chain. The dial is engraved Jacob Mickelfield, Soutminster(sic),
Essex. Squared dial with roman numerals, engraved leaf and berry decoration
to each corner, an engraved rural scene with the chapter ring depicting an
18thc. A rustic male in a rowing boat, his wife waving a stick before a
cottage, brass thirty hour movement verso, with bell, pendulum and weight.
made in the 1780s. |
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For auction Pardy &
Son April
2008 . . .and by Jacob & Hunt May 2008 A George III Oak long case Clock, the
arched hood with turned pilasters above an arched and carved panel door and
conforming plinth base, the silvered face inscribed: Jacob Micklefield,
Goldhanger, with Roman and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial with
date aperture and with eight-day two train striking movement on a bell ₤500-700. |
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For sale on Ebay May 2013 Antique superb mahogany case with a moon
phase dial, long case clock. The mahogany case has a long arched trunk door.
The attractive engraved silvered dial with birds in the spandrels and a moon
phase in the arch moon connected dial signed in the arch of the
dial: "Jacob Michelfield Coldhanger". The 8 day
striking movement is clean and seems to function with pressure in the two
great wheels. With weights winding key and pendulum. Location: Ivybridge,
Devon, Starting price ₤1500. |
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The same clock. . . For sale by Rees Antique
Clocks
Newquay, 2013-14 Mahogany longcase clock, Silvered Moon
Phase Dial. 8 Day Striking Movement. Height:
85inches. Dial inscribed: "JACOB MICHELFIELD,
COLDHANGER" Date: 17th/18th Century ("Coldhanger" is most likely a
misinterpretation of Goldhanger) |
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For sale by Gutlin Clocks,
Kings Road, London and on the net for ₤14,500 in 2014 An English late 18th circa 1780 Century
Flame Mahogany 2-train Moonroller Longcase Clock By Jacob Micklefield,
Goldhanger. Signed 12-inch break-arch silvered brass dial with date. The fine
quality figured mahogany case with brass capitals and reeded hood columns
inset with brass reeding, the fine quality case with a long trunk door and a
break-arch type hood.
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Auctioned in Rayleigh,
Essex, in November 2015 sold for: ₤600 An oak cased longcase clock having local
interest made by Jacob Micklefield, Southminster, Essex. Dial inset with
painted sailing ship, to be sold with weights, key and pendulum. |
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Duke's Auctioneers, Dorchester,
Dorset Sole in February 2017 A George Ill Oak Longcase Clock Arched silvered dial signed
"Jacob Mickelfield, Goldhanger", the centre decorated with
buildings in a landscape amongst subsidiary seconds dial and date arch, with
a two train five pillar movement striking on a bell, the arched top hood
flanked by reeded columns, with long arched top trunk door. 18th century. 80-inches high. Estimated Value: £400 - £600 |
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Duke's Auctioneers, Dorchester,
Dorset Lot 620, Date of sale: 16 May 2017 A George Ill Oak Longcase Clock Arched silvered dial signed "Jacob Mickelfield,
Goldhanger" Estimate: 100 - 200 GBP |
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Canterbury Auction Galleries Lot 820, Date of sale: December
2022 Hammer Price: £80 “19th Century Oak Longcase Clock, by Jacob
Mickelfield of Goldhanger, the 11ins square brass dial with silvered chapter
ring with Roman and Arabic numerals. 30 hour movement striking on a bell,
with moulded cornice and split turned columns to hood, plain panel trunk
door. 77ins high”
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