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252 Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries. 204. West Country Watch and Clock Makers (IX., p. 204, par. 172, et ante). — I have recently seen a clock in Glasgow with the inscription " Peter Oyens, Plymouth Dock/' on the dial. The clock is enclosed in a mahogany case and has a brass face painted white, and semi-circular at the top. It has the hour and minute hands, a small dial for the seconds and also records the day of the month. The semi- circular top has a representation of a bearded figure of Time with scythe and a figure of a skeleton following behind. In the upper part on one side is the seated figure of a woman holding a peacock, and on the other a woman holding a vessel from which is issuing smoke. In the lower corner on one side is a woman seated with a lion, and in the other a woman with fish. The figures are apparently hand painted and are beautifully coloured. J. W. 205. West Country Clock and Watchmakers (IX., p. 204, par. 172, et ante). — In the above article Mr. H. Tapley- Soper writes as follows : — " There is a very tall and handsome clock at Powderham Castle reputed to be by Stumbel of Totnes. Pasted inside the door of the case is a slip of paper on which is printed ' Mr. Stumble's Directions to the Person who has the care of this clock' etc. No other specimen by this man has been recorded," etc. etc. I propose to ask you to record another which was an heirloom belonging to my father, and is now the property of my nephew. The clock is a very tall and handsome one, and besides recording the time, it gives the age of the moon and the day of the month. There are two sets of chimes, either of which can be set to chime every three hours. Inside the case is pasted a paper very neatly written in copy hand " Rules to be observed in keeping this clock," followed by very minute instructions. The name " William Stumbels Totnes" (not Stumbel) is plainly engraved on the brass dial, but there is no date. In Vol. IV. D. N. &- Q., page 82, the Hon. and Rev. H. H. Courtenay wrote regarding the Powderham clock asking if you could inform him when Stumbels lived, but I have never seen any answer given. My father valued his clock very highly and always said it was very old ; it is still a most excellent timekeeper. My