A GEORGE II WALNUT, BOXWOOD-OUTLINED AND ‘SUN-BURST’ INLAID MIRRORED-DOOR LONGCASE CLOCK

The hood with a moulded cornice above fret-work spandrels, the glazed door with moulded surround, flanked to each side by a boxwood line-inlaid column, above the trunk with inset moulded-surround arched door, inset with a bevelled mirror panel, above the base centred with an oval outlined ‘sunburst’, on twin-stepped plinth, the 12in arched brass dial signed on a convex disc in the arch Benj Davis, London, between dolphin modelled mounts, above foliate mask spandrels enclosing a silvered chapter ring with Roman chapters, fleur-de-lys half hour markers and Arabic five-minute markers, the matted centre with seconds ring and calendar aperture above the VI, with pierced blued steel hands, the twin train movement with five well-turned pillars, anchor escapement and small outside countwheel strike on a bell, with original seatboard

229cm high

CONDITION REPORT

With a pendulum, lacking its steel suspension and block.  The case is in good condition.  It has had some restoration at some point in the past.  The movement is in good order but requires a service.