A Regency mahogany precision longcase timepiece Robert James, London, circa 1825 The four pillar single-train movement with stepped plates, high position winding-barrel and deadbeat escapement regulated by wood-rod pendulum with heavy lenticular bob, the circular 12 inch white painted dial with subsidiary seconds over Roman numeral hour dials and inscribed ROB'T JAMES, LONDON, REGULATOR to centre within outer Arabic minute track, with steel hands set behind hinged convex-glazed cast brass bezel, the break-arch case with cavetto cornice over line-inlay bordered quadrant panels around the dial aperture flanked by canted angles and circular glazed side apertures to hood over break-arch flame-figured door and conforming angles to trunk, on panel-outline plinth base with canted skirt, 197cm (77.5ins) high. Robert James is recorded in Loomes, Brian Clockmakers & Watchmakers of the World, Volume 2 as working in London circa 1832.