Stokes of Bewdley Painted Dial

This is a painted dial from a 30hr Longcase clock dating from 1740/50 which I restored in January 2008. I cleaned the dial lightly, removing dirt from the scratches and revealing the true colours. The first image shows the dial half way through cleaning, and as you can see the cleaning has made the remains of the signature visible.





After the cleaning stage I re-touched any bad areas of damage; re-blacked the numbers and replaced the signature following the original lines exactly; and finally re-painted the goldwork. The second image shows the finished dial, cleaned and repaired.