A GEORGE II BLUE JAPANNED LONGCASE CLOCK

A GEORGE II BLUE JAPANNED LONGCASE CLOCK

BY JOHN WISE, LONDON, MID-18TH CENTURY AND LATER

the brass and steel eight day movement with four knopped and finned pillars, an outside countwheel and striking on a bell, the brass 11inch dial with a silvered chapter ring inscribed 'John Wise, Londini fecit', the matted centre with a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, beneath an arch with an automaton Father Time and inscribed 'Tempus Fugit', the case with gilt chinoiserie decoration and lined with early 19th century newspaper pages and leaflets, with two weights and a pendulum

228cm high