A rare Scottish tavern clock by this well-known Edinburgh maker, with 8-Day timepiece movement. The trunk door is decorated with a risqué scene of a gentleman offering his lady a salmon within a gilt and black chinoiserie background.
Height: 56 in (142 cm)
Dial Width: 28 ¾ in (73 cm)
*Robert Clidsdale (also spelt Clydesdale) is a well known Scottish maker and he is recorded as working in Niddry’s Wynd in Edinburgh from 1754 until his death in 1786.