£600 - £800
A good 18th century mahogany longcase clock by John Wise of London - the eight day, bell strike movement with anchor escapement and knopped and ringed pillars, the arched brass dial with cherub and crown gilt brass spandrels and chased laurel border, silvered Roman chapter ring signed 'John Wise London', with Arabic outer 5 minute markers and fleur-de-lys half hour markers, the matted centre with silvered subsidiary seconds dial, bullseye turned winding holes and date aperture at 6 with chased foliate and fruit basket decoration, the arch with an engraved portrait of Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (later George II), flanked by guards and military trophies, the portrait oval inscribed 'George Illustrious Prince of Hanover & Duke of Cambridge', the case with moulded, arched hood with three gilt brass ball finials and parcel gilt stop-fluted Corinthian columns (glass cracked), over a moulded arched trunk door flanked by gilt brass barleytwist columns to the angles, on an incuse panelled plinth base, 230 cm high.
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