John Pitt Tetbury, an oak longcase clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the thirteen-inch break-arch painted dial with Arabic hour numerals, floral corner spandrels, a date aperture to the centre, decorative brass hands and signed Jno Pitt, Tetbury, the oak case with fluted canted corners to the trunk, a break-arch trunk door inset with stringing, the hood having square fluted pillars with brass capitals and a swan-neck pediment, standing on bracket feet, height: 217cm Notes John Pitt is recorded as working in Tetbury, Gloucestershire from the early 19th century. A prolific maker of longcase clocks it is known that he 'looked after' the clock at Tetbury Market House from 1816 until 1852 with a payment of £2-2-0 per annum.
John Pitt Tetbury, an oak longcase clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the thirteen-inch break-arch painted dial with Arabic hour numerals, floral corner spandrels, a date aperture to the centre, decorative brass hands and signed Jno Pitt, Tetbury, the oak case with fluted canted corners to the trunk, a break-arch trunk door inset with stringing, the hood having square fluted pillars with brass capitals and a swan-neck pediment, standing on bracket feet, height: 217cm Notes John Pitt is recorded as working in Tetbury, Gloucestershire from the early 19th century. A prolific maker of longcase clocks it is known that he 'looked after' the clock at Tetbury Market House from 1816 until 1852 with a payment of £2-2-0 per annum.
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