A George III oak longcase clock with thirty hour movement striking on a bell via an outside countwheel, the 11-inch square silvered dial with black Roman hour numerals and foliate engraving and inscribed 'Danl Gill RYE', the hood with moulded pediment, glazed door and turned columns, the rectangular trunk door above a plain base and bracket feet, height 214.5cm, with pendulum and weight. Note: Daniel Gill is a recorded Sussex clockmaker. Born in 1759, he worked from his High Street address in Rye between 1798 and 1810.