A large 1914 walnut cased clock with an English single chain fusee movement used to grace the bar room of the famous Queens Elm public house in Chelsea, London; corner of the Fulham Road and Old Church St; just a few doors up from the famous Chelsea Arts Club.

The clock was acquired by the famous poet and author Laurie Lee (the Queens Elm was one of his favourite watering holes) during a refitting and this has come down via his estate. Laurie’s most famous work was, of course, “Cider with Rosie”. It was a tradition that Laurie would play his fiddle or tin whistle on Christmas Day when the pub was open noon to 2pm.

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