A GEORGE II GREEN JAPANNED EIGHT-DAY LONGCASE CLOCK WITH MOONPHASE Unsigned, probably London, circa 1735 The five finned 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 cross-hatch border engraved calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes to outer track, with scroll pierced steel hands and mask centred scroll cast spandrels to angles within herringbone engraved border continuing up over the arch incorporating rolling moonphase calibrated with the age of the moon to the circumference of the disc and with fine foliate scroll infill, the green japanned case with domed caddy upstand, complex moulded cornice and gilt leaf decorated over trellis panel bordered glazed hood door applied with fluted three-quarter columns to front angles, the sides with rectangular windows and conforming quarter columns set against bargeboards at the rear, the trunk with leaf painted throat over break-arch door decorated in raised polychrome and gilt with oriental figures within a stylised garden trellis landscape, the surround with gilt floral painted upper quadrants and panelled borders, the sides with large leafy sprays, the plinth base with further naturalistic landscape within conforming surround over moulded double skirt, (in neglected unrestored condition). 230cm (90.5ins) high, 53.5cm (21ins) wide, 25.5cm (10ins) deep.