An 18th century 30hr longcase clock, brass dial signed Ric. Felton Bridgnorth

Richard Felton is recorded as working during the first half of the 18th century. He was apprenticed to Thomas Vernon of Ludlow in 1711, for seven years - in 1718 he was admitted as a freeman of the Guild of Hammermen 'to ye trade of a Goldsmith, Clock and Watchmaker'. In 1732, according to the Parish Records, he married Mary Griffiths of Ludlow. Little is known of his working life, but there is a record of a George Felton working as a clockmaker in Bridgnorth in the second half of the 18th century, who was Richard and Mary's son. The clock has a 30hr movement, striking the hours, with a single hand, probably dating from around 1740. It is in a pine case, which may have originally been lacquered.