Antique Grandfather Clocks
The John Shone collection
A tradition of excellence
Specialist in buying, selling and renovation of fine antique grandfather clocks for over 30 years
Specialist in buying, selling and renovation of fine antique grandfather clocks for over 30 years
The Enormous Gigantic AKA Blue Jigger Spifflicator (Basher)! (Former baddy, but now in charge of clock security)
The night attack of the Jiggers! From left to right: One Eyed Grud, Gordon Gonglechink, Nasty Blue Jiggers and Jigger Bashing Enormous Gigantic in charge of security.
The One Eyed Grud (Saviour of the world – See poem, Jan 2004) Above is a rare and possibly unique picture of the One Eyed Grud without his cap. He always wears a cap. He is so confused without it that he is using his hand as a substitute. Grud is a grandfather clock fanatic [...]
Bloj the Controller (Grandfather Clock Quality Controller) Above is a picture of Bloj from the yet tourist undiscovered land of Swoj. Bloj is in charge of grandfather clock quality control. He is fierce and a meticulous perfectionist. Also, as two heads are better than one, he is able to consult with himself before making a [...]
Nasty Blue Jigger (Grandfather clock Stopper!) Often, when I first buy a grandfather clock that is not working properly, I find a Nasty Blue Jigger hidden way down in the movement. The sole purpose of a Nasty Jigger is to stop the clock from functioning. However, once I have waxed polished the case and then [...]
(strong buyers of grandfather/longcase/tallcase clocks) By now, I expect that many of you will have seen The Gonglechinks on my website. Then again, I expect that many of you will not have seen it. The Gonglechinks are small but wonderful creatures who love to help people and who know a lot about many things. Perhaps [...]
(and his fight to save the grandfather/longcase/tallcase clocks) Down in the wood, The One Eyed Grud, was searching around for some dinner. He hadn’t eaten for several days, and his belly got thinner and thinner. He’d lived in the woods, all of his life only home he’d ever known. And because he was so ugly, [...]