RAILWAY INTEREST. A RARE MAHOGANY AND MAHOGANY STAINED NIGHTWATCHMAN'S WALL TIMEPIECE FOR THE LONDON, MIDLAND AND SCOTTISH RAILWAY CO, JOHN SMITH & SONS DERBY, SECOND HALF 19TH C, THE FUSEE MOVEMENT WITH SQUARE FRONT PLATE AND TAPERED BACKPLATE, ROTATING DIAL INSCRIBED JOHN SMITH & SONS MIDLAND CLOCK WORKS DERBY IMPROVED TELL TALE, 44.5CM H, MAKER'S ROUND ENAMEL TRADE LABEL AND OVAL EMBOSSED BRASS LMS NUMBER PLATE STAMPED 10991, HOBBS & CO BRASS LEVER DOOR LOCK, PENDULUM AND TWO KEYSPROVENANCE: (REPUTEDLY) BURTON ON TRENT RAILWAY STATIONCOMPARATIVE LITERATURE: LYMAN (I. P.) - RAILWAY CLOCKS, 2004, Fig. 4.131 AND 4.132, AN IDENTICAL EXAMPLE SUPPLIED TO THE MIDLAND RAILWAY WITH LM & SR PLATE NUMBER 12419, FROM AN ORIGINAL UNKNOWN LOCATION A good example of this rare model in apparently complete and working order, dial plate much worn and showing brass, but most of the inscription legible