A George III oak longcase clock with thirty hour movement striking on a bell via an outside countwheel, the 14¼-inch circular silvered dial with black Roman hour numerals and subsidiary date dial and inscribed 'John Malkin Kirkby', the hood with swan neck pediment, glazed door and turned columns, the trunk door flanked by corner columns, on a plain base and plinth, height 204cm, with pendulum and weight. Note: John Malkin is a recorded clockmaker working in Kirkby-in-Ashfield Nottinghamshire between 1771 and 1780.