A Welsh oak 30 hour longcase clock, Samuel Roberts, Llanvair, No. 236, circa 1765,

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Description

Samuel Roberts
194cm. 6ft. 4½in. high

10-inch dial with bird and urn spandrels, signed Saml Roberts, Llanvair, 236, engraved centre with single hand and calendar sector, plated movement with outside count wheel and bell striking, flat top moulded case, bobbin turned hood pillars, shaped top to the trunk door and similar decoration to the plinth

Literature

According to the Welsh Folk Museum, this clock was finished for Thomas Gittins of Llanwnnog on 31st December 1765