A George III mahogany and carved giltwood longcase clock, Thomas Mudge and William Dutton, London, circa 1770

Property of a British Private Collector

A George III mahogany and carved giltwood longcase clock, Thomas Mudge and William Dutton, London, circa 1770

12-inch dial plate with rococo spandrels, enamel dial, strike/silent lever at XII, the arch with enamel date dial signed Thos Mudge, Willm Dutton, London, the substantial 8-day movement with five knopper pillars, anchor escapement, rack striking on a bell, the pendulum with massive lenticular bob, steel rod and roller suspension, the case surmounted by a neoclassical urn flanked by reclining putti, representing Night and Day, above a moulded break-arch carved with lotus palmettes, foliate side frets, the finely moulded hood door flanked by fluted canted corners, the broken-arch trunk door inset with a finely carved panel pierced with an urn with ram masks and surrounded by palms and foliate scrolls, the panelled plinth with an ebonised base

231cm. 7ft. 7in. high