A George III mahogany eight-day longcase clock, Thomas Field, Bath, circa 1770, the four pillar rack and bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 12 inch brass break-arch dial with subsidiary seconds dial, calendar aperture and signed Thomas Field, BATH to the foliate engraved silvered centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes to outer track, with pierced blued steel hands and gilt rococo scroll cast spandrels to angles beneath arch flanked with a silvered boss engraved with an eagle over banner inscribed TEMPUS FUGIT flanked by dolphin case mounts, the case with swan neck pediment over dentil moulded break-arch frieze and fluted Corinthian columns flanking the dial aperture to hood, the trunk with shaped-top caddy moulded door flanked by reeded canted angles and the base with rectangular raised panel to fascia over moulded skirt incorporating bracket feet, 239cm (94ins) high Thomas Field is recorded in Moore, A.J. 'The Clockmakers of Bristol 1650-1900 as working in Bath at 2 Broad Street 1766-1812. He is also recorded by Ian White as working firstly from Broad Street then High Street from 1791/2 and Bond Street 1795-99. He also served as juror at Bath Quarter Sessions on fifteen occasions between 1786-95.