A GEORGE III MAHOGANY EIGHT-DAY LONGCASE CLOCKANDREWS, DOVER, CIRCA 1800The four pillar rack and bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 12 inch single-sheet silvered brass Roman numeral dial with subsidiary seconds over signature Andrews, Dover and calendar to centre, with Arabic five minutes beyond the minute track and scroll-pierced blued steel hands, the lower spandrel areas engraved with floral sprays and the upper with oval paterae and draped foliage issuing from Neo-classical urn to the arch above, the break-arch case with cavetto cornice above hinged glazed dial aperture flanked by free-standing Corinthian columns to angles, the sides with rectangular windows and quarter columns set against bargeboards at the rear, the trunk with concave throat moulding over break-arch flame figured door withplex edge mouldings, on shaped panel fronted plinth base with moulded skirt.196cm (77ins) high, 48cm (19ins) wide, 24cm (9.5ins) deep.Richard Andrews is recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 as working in Dover from 1800.