Hutchinson, Retford, an oak longcase clock, having a thirty-...

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£110

Hutchinson, Retford, an oak longcase clock, having a thirty-hour duration movement striking the hours on a bell, with the painted twelve-inch break-arch dial having black Roman numerals, a date aperture, decorative blued-steel hands with painted decoration to the four corners and a bird depicted within the arch, signed to the centre Hutchinson, Retford, the oak case with mahogany cross-banding, fluted quarter columns to the trunk, fluted columns to the hood with swan-neck pediment surmounted by brass finials, height 218cm including finial. Notes: William Hutchinson is recorded as working in Retford, Nottinghamshire from circa 1776 until after 1798. Reference: Harold H. Mather, Clock and Watch Makers of Nottinghamshire, Pub: Friends of Nottingham Museums 1979.