An American rectangular mahogany wall clock with a moulded cornice above two columns scumbled to resemble tortoiseshell with gilt capitals and bases, flanking a rectangular glazed door, partly painted with a geometric circular motif; lower door with floral decoration. The eight day locking plate striking mechanism has a weight going movement and recoil escapement. The painted metal dial has the 12 hours represented by Roman numerals and the hour hand of pierced blued steel (minute hand missing).

The retailer's name 'Mark & Co of Peterborough' is painted on the dial. These clocks were often known as 'kipper box clocks' because they arrived in England packed into the holds of ships like many boxes of fish. They were the start of cheap mass-produced clocks that ordinary people could afford to buy.