Clocking up a difference
Here’s one for the clock-watchers out there: a rare automaton mahogany longcase (grandfather) clock has come up for sale, which features a moving figure carrying a sack of flour or wheat. The bakery scene in the arch is engraved with ’The Large Bread Warehouse’. The clock was almost certainly specially ...
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