A George II thirty-hour longcase clock, circa 1740

A George II thirty-hour longcase clock, circa 1740
Richard Quinton, Downton, Wiltshire
The hood with projecting cornice, heart and geometric pierced cornice and tapering Doric columns, the trunk with a slender lip-moulded elongated door, on a tall rectangular base and serpentine-shaped cut-away plinth, the eleven-inch signed square brass dial with Roman and Arabic chapter ring and Rococo spandrels, the movement with anchor escapement and outside countwheel strike, 223cm high