62 OLD WEST SURREY 



Tall clocks, made during the eighteenth and early part 

 of the nineteenth centuries, still remain in some of the farm- 

 houses and even cottages, though the greater number of them 

 have been dispersed. The better class of clock with an eight- 

 day movement has the simply designed case of excellent 

 proportion, with a plain panelled front and rather richly 



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moulded arched head, surmounted by brass ball-shaped finials. 

 The form is identical with that of the richly decorated 

 lacquered cases of the same period, that were in the best 

 class of house of the time, though the refined dignity of 

 the best of these plain clocks makes them quite worthy of a 

 place in any good house. 



A cheaper clock with a twenty-four hour movement, but 

 still with an honest oak case and works that would last for 



