A Thirty Hour Single Handed Striking Lantern Form Clock with Unusual Spike Feet, signed William Monk, circa 1720, four posted movement with an anchor escapement and outside countwheel striking on a bell, spike feet, 10-3/4-inch square brass dial with a silvered chapter ring signed Wm Monk Fecit, finely scroll and floral engraved dial centre, ringed date aperture, single hand, 35cm high see illustration William Monk (1689-1753) was born and baptised in the village church of Berwick St. John in 1689. He worked at Berwick St John and was an apprentice to James Delaunce of Frome. William worked in Berwick all his life and made the clock for the town in 1740. Other examples of this distinctive feature of spike feet can be seen on James Delaunce's work. It is though that the spiky feet introduction must have been by James Delaunce and this must have been invented to make the clock slide-proof during winding. The spikes would secure into the seatboard for a safe grip and this would have the same affect as spikes on a lantern clock when located into the wall. See (Darken & Hooper) English 30 Hour Clocks, pgs 148, 149 and 414. 11.02.20 Chapter ring is slightly discoloured, movement is complete, movement is slightly dusty, in going order, with pendulum and weight.