A DERBYSHIRE OAK LONGCASE CLOCK

A DERBYSHIRE OAK LONGCASE CLOCK

BY JAMES ASHTON, TIDESWELL

the brass eight day movement with four knopped pillars, anchor escapement and striking on a bell, on a brass 12 inch dial inscribed 'JAMS. ASHTON TIDEWELL', with black Roman and Arabic numerals around a centre with a subsidiary second and date dials and engraved with scrolling foliage, surrounded by spandrels enblematic of the seasons, the trunk with an arched door

190cm high