An 8 day longcase clock with automaton

An 8 day longcase clock with automaton, the 12 inch brass dial signed Wm Mason, London, on a silvered plaque in the matted centre, subsidiary seconds and date aperture, the arch with a painted ship automon within a silvered ring, engraved Viglate et Horate, in a break arch case of good colour, with a panelled plinth, the hood with fluted columns, 7ft (213cm) high.