A George II walnut eight-day longcase clock Arlander Dobson, London, circa 1750 The five pillar rack and bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 12 inch brass break-arch dial with subsidiary seconds dial and calendar to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with diamond lozenge half hour markers and Arabic numeral to outer track, with scroll pierced blued steel hands crested mask centred foliate scroll cast spandrels to angles beneath arch centred with a silvered boss signed Arl'r: Dobson, LONDON flanked by dolphin cast mounts, in a case with ogee moulded break-arch cornice and conforming foliate scroll pierced frieze over hinged glazed dial aperture flanked by free-standing columns with gilt caps and bases, the sides with arched windows and conforming quarter columns set against bargeboards at the rear, the trunk with break-arch door veneered with finely figured book-matched panels within herringbone border and moulded surround, the sides crossbanded, on herringbone border veneered panel fronted plinth base with ogee top moulding over moulded skirt, 235cm (92.5ins) high. Arlander Dobson is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as an 'eminent maker' working in Covent Garden 1744-72. The Will of 'Arlander Dobson, Watchmaker of Covent Garden , Middlesex', dated 27th January 1772, is held at The National Archives, Kew.