Clock and watchmaker
Eardley Norton
Also recorded as: Norton, Eardley · E. Norton
Clerkenwell maker of musical, astronomical and export clocks, including an astronomical clock for George III.
Eardley Norton became free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1762 and worked at 49 St John Street, Clerkenwell, until the 1790s. He was known for complicated clocks — musical, automaton and astronomical — and for watches, many made for export to the Ottoman Empire and the Far East.
His best-known work is the four-dial astronomical clock he made for George III, now in the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace. Other clocks by Norton are in museums in Europe, North America and China. His business was taken over by Gravell and Tolkien.
- Country
- England
- City / centre
- London (St John Street, Clerkenwell)
- Founded
- 1762
- Status
- Historical (active 1760s–1790s)
- Key people
- Undocumented
Innovations & specialities
- Astronomical clock for George III
- Musical and automaton clocks for export
Works by Eardley Norton in the catalogue
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Pocket Watches · 18th century
18th century silver quarter repeating verge pair cased pocket watch by Eardley Norton, London
Gardiner Houlgate (auction house), Corsham
Movements & Components · 1700–1799
Watch movement by Eardley Norton, England, 1700–1799 (no. TEKS0048447)
Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology
Movements & Components · 1700–1799
Watch movement by Eardley Norton, England, 1700–1799 (no. TEKS0048448)
Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology
Movements & Components · 1700–1799
Watch movement by Eardley Norton, England, 1700–1799 (no. TEKS0048449)
Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology
Clocks · c. 1760
Quarter chiming longcase clock by Eardley Norton, London
The Antique Clock Company (dealer), Dorset
Clocks · c. 1770–1775
Bracket clock by Eardley Norton, London, c. 1770–1775
Howard Walwyn Fine Antique Clocks (dealer), London
Pocket Watches · 1770–1794
Repeater in silver case by Eardley Norton, London, no.2143 going barrel, cylinder (inner case only ?), 1770–1794, donated byt Evan Roberts in 1916
Science Museum Group, London
Clocks · c. 1775
Bracket clock by Eardley Norton, London, c. 1775
Howard Walwyn Fine Antique Clocks (dealer), London
Clocks · c. 1780–94
Musical bracket or table clock with calendar and repeating work
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Clocks · c. 1780
Musical bracket clock by Eardley Norton, London
The Antique Clock Company (dealer), Dorset
Instruments · 1785–1795
Marine chronometer by Eardley Norton
British Museum
Clocks · c. 1790
Bracket Clock by Eardley Norton, London, c. 1790
Pendulum of Mayfair (dealer), London
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