A second half of the 18th century mahogany quarter chiming longcase clock


William Frodsham, Red Lion Square, LondonThe arched hood with freestanding brass fluted Doric columns over a shaped trunk door with good moulded edge flanked by stop-fluted quarter columns, the base with applied moulded panel flanked again by matching columns, on a double stepped plinth, the 12 inch arched brass dial with strike/silent over the Roman and Arabic chapter ring, scroll spandrels and polished signed centre with subsidiary seconds and date aperture (minute hand tip and seconds hand lacking), the substantial plates united by six knopped pillars, an aperture cut through the backplate to reveal the anchor escapement, rack striking the hour on a single bell and the quarters on eight bells and hammers, with externally mounted adjustable fly, 2.27m (7ft 5ins) high.