WILLIAM WRIGHT, LONDON, AN EARLY 18TH CENTURY JAPANNED LONGCASE CLOCK

WILLIAM WRIGHT, LONDON, AN EARLY 18TH CENTURY JAPANNED LONGCASE CLOCK the 12" arched brass dial with silvered Roman chapter ring and fleur-de-lys half-hour markers, subsidiary seconds and date aperture, the matted centre within cast gilt spandrels and beneath a moonphase to the arch, the eight-day movement striking on a bell with anchor escapement with six pillars and fully latched in dial feet. The chinoiserie-decorated case in black and gilt, with figures, pavilions, and foliate motifs; the trunk door centred by a circular lenticle and painted landscapes; raised on a panelled base.

230cm high