Description
A good ‘drop dial’ wall clock in a figured mahogany case of good proportions, the 10 inch white painted dial signed by J.W.Benson of Ludgate Hill, London.
The chain fusee movement, going for eight days on a wind. The brass bezel latched and lower convex mahogany door. Side doors also and a glazed window to the front revealing pendulum. Circa 1880.
James William Benson is recorded from 1857 to 1887 in Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World Vol 2.
