A MAHOGANY MUSICAL LONGCASE CLOCK

A MAHOGANY MUSICAL LONGCASE CLOCK

BY J. HEYWOOD, NORTHWICH

the brass three train movement with four turned pillars striking the hours on one bell and chiming on a nest of eight bells, the twelve and three quarter inch brass dial with black Roman hour and Arabic five minute numerals, months of the year, days of the month and Saint's days, inscribed to the centre 'Labour here with all my Might/To tell the Hours of Day and Night/Thy constant care then let it Be/To serve the GOD as I serve Thee' and 'Heywood / Northwich' amongst foliate scrolls, beneath an arched brass moon dial with the days of the month, inscribed 'He appointed the Moon for Certain Seasons', the arched case in the manner of Gillows, the hood centred with a Prince of Wales plumes of feathers with a gilt crown, the broken swan neck pediment and blind fretwork above a glazed door flanked by four fluted columns and four half columns to the side, the trunk with applied scrolling foliage to the door flanked by fluted columns and above a fruiting swag, the base with similar decoration, on bracket feet, with three weights and a pendulum

255cm high