An English provincial stained automaton longcase clock, Thomas Oliver Martock, circa 1770

13.5-cm foliate engraved dial with Roman numerals signed Thomas Oliver Martock, subsidiary seconds and date aperture, the arch engraved with cockerel and chicks, a bird automaton under the engraved text BE WARE OF THE HAWK with connection to the going train of the anchor movement signed Thomas with countwheel striking on a bell, stained oak case with swanneck cresting surmounted by three brass finials, straight trunk with long arched door, moulded rectangular base raised on bracket feet