An 18th century 8-day longcase clock

A mid 18th century 8-day brass dial ebonised longcase clock

William Wright, London, circa 1740-50.
The 12-inch one-piece break-arched dial having a silvered chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic minutes plus inner quarter hour track and fleur de lys half hour divisions framing a matted centre with silvered subsidiary seconds dial over terrestrial calendar square, the baroque cast mask spandrels within foliage-engraved border, the arch with silvered boss engraved "William Wright Londini Fecit", between sea serpents, the knopped and finned six-pillar movement striking on a bell, the case with cavetto-moulded hood, later pierced brass spandrels and sunken columns with brass capitals over later gilt-framed mirrored long trunk door on plain base and plinth, 89", (226cm) high (sold with two weights, pendulum, key and winder)
Provenance: Private collection, listed on Insurance inventory February 1984.