Vintage HES Wall Clock – J. Hardacre and Company Bombay Retail Dial (c.1960s–70s) freemason items life study material or decorative

life study material or decorative studio artwork

Chimes soundly on the hour and half-hour

featuring two swallows in flight mounted on a stepped marble and onyx base

An unframed and unsigned (From a collection of other signed works by the artist) watercolour of a duck in flight by the famous London artist  Herbert Charles Touseau Ahier -born 1888 died 1976 - now highly admired and collected

Maybe I am too open hence it feels wrong but do we not need that openness to paint the picture

Vintage HES Wall Clock – J. Hardacre and Company Bombay Retail Dial (c.1960s–70s) freemason items life study material or decorativeA compact mid 20th century wall clock bearing the HES makers mark and retailers dial signature: J. Hardacre & Company Bombay, with Made in India at 6 oclock. The clock measures approximately 10cm in diameter and features a cream bezel with a grey cylindrical wall mount case. The dial is cleanly laid out with Arabic numerals at 12, 3, 6 and 9, baton hour markers, and black hands with luminous insets typical of the period. The rear reveals a mechanical