A George II thirty-hour longcase clock, circa 1750

A George II thirty-hour longcase clock, circa 1750
Henry Richards, Somerton, Somerset
The hood with a quatrefoil blind-fret cornice and Doric front columns, the trunk with a mahogany-crossbanded door, on a rectangular base and bracket feet, the signed eleven-inch dial with Roman and Arabic numeral chapter ring, date aperture and Rococo spandrels, the movement with anchor escapement and outside countwheel strike, 200cm high