Dinner Time...

...is chimed by this pretty chiming clock that sits on our Welsh Dresser in the dining room. 
The inscription reads in florid scroll...
Presented by the City Lands Committee of the Corporation of the City of London.
Councillor George Shaw Esquire testimony of their appreciation of intelligent ,energetic ,successful and courteous manner in which he has discharged the important duties of Chairman during the years 1878 and 1879.
5th May 1880.