base with minor flake at the screw hole for attaching the top, otherwise excellent, pierced brass railing needs attention, two of the post which secure it have breaks, note that there is no movement in the base, top will revolve manually on a pin in order to view the various displays, top slightly crooked, brass with some staining and tarnish, bezels and glasses good, time dial darkened and with minor scratches, barometer dial with scratches, hands good, movement running, condition of barometer unknown, centigrade thermometer with broken bulb, Ht 16 3/4" The initials WBJ on the base are those of William B. Johnson, who joined Doulton in 1882 as a flower painter, and eventually became head of the decorative department. The Doulton & Slaters Patent and US Patent 314002 refer to the Chine process, invented by John Slater, using cloth pressed into the wet clay, and creating the textured surface on the piece.
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Burslem, England, Doulton lighthouse form clock case with French movement, the black Chine case with luster bands and chrysanthemum decoration, ogee molded brass cap with pierced brass railing, lighthouse top with ribbed dome and finial, mounted with barometer, thermometers, and 8 day timepiece movement with cylinder escapement, Roman numeral silvered dial with blued steel distaff style hands, barometer with blued steel hand and gilt set hand, base marked "Doulton Burslem" in green below a crown, impressed "Doultons" and "Doulton & Slaters patent", stamped "U.S. Patent 314002", and with overglaze initials in script "WBJ", c1890 base with minor flake at the screw hole for attaching the top, otherwise excellent, pierced brass railing needs attention, two of the post which secure it have breaks, note that there is no movement in the base, top will revolve manually on a pin in order to view the various displays, top slightly crooked, brass with some staining and tarnish, bezels and glasses good, time dial darkened and with minor scratches, barometer dial with scratches, hands good, movement running, condition of barometer unknown, centigrade thermometer with broken bulb, Ht 16 3/4" The initials WBJ on the base are those of William B. Johnson, who joined Doulton in 1882 as a flower painter, and eventually became head of the decorative department. The Doulton & Slaters Patent and US Patent 314002 refer to the Chine process, invented by John Slater, using cloth pressed into the wet clay, and creating the textured surface on the piece.
