AN ENGLISH MAHOGANY EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK JNO POLLARD PLYMOUTH DOCK

AN ENGLISH MAHOGANY EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK JNO POLLARD PLYMOUTH DOCK, C1810 the engraved and silvered dial with date sector and subsidiary seconds dial, lunar work to the arch and inscribed HIGH WATER at STONE HOUSE, the breakarched cornice retaining the original (discoloured) painted decoration to the cavetto, the trunk with blind fret frieze and ogee arched door, on line inlaid base, 210cm hJohn Pollard (b1756) was the son of John Pollard, clockmaker of Crediton, Devon. The younger Pollard lived in he parish of Stoke Damerel, Devonport, the reason for signing his clocks from Plymouth Dock.