William Flint of Ashford Kent
Circa 1780
Height 19 inches
Status: For sale
This really charming wall alarm by William Flint has a 6" silverd dial with alarm disc - 30 hour duration and housed in its original elegant pagoda top case japanned in imitation of tortoiseshell
William Flint of Ashford
came from a well regarded line of Kent Clockmakers. He was born in 1733 at Westwell. He was the son of Thomas Flint. He was apprenticed to Thomas Gladdish and married his daughter in 1755 and settled in Charing in the 1760's. He moved to Ashford in1783. At least three further generations of the family were established in Ashford
