William Hill, Walshingham an oak longcase clock having an ei...

Hammer

£130

William Hill, Walshingham an oak longcase clock having an eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell with the eleven-inch square brass dial having a raised chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals and fleur-de-lys half-hour markings, the matted centre with date aperture (now fixed at 10), with decorative hands and cast-brass female-head corner spandrels, the flat-top oak case with turned pillars to the hood, curved top to the trunk door and standing on bracket feet, with height 198cm. Note: There are two clockmakers named William Hill recorded as working in Walsingham, Norfolk with the first from at least 1822 when he looked after the clock at Great Snoring until at least 1749 with the second William being apprenticed to Thomas Hill of Middlesex in in 1744 before becoming bankrupt in 1764. Reference: Clifford & Yvonne Bird (editors) Norfolk & Norwich Clocks & Clockmakers Pub. Phillimore 1996.