BY ROBERT MAWLEY, LONDON, MID-18TH CENTURY

While many English japanned longcase clocks from the early 18th century have survived, those with cream and yellow ground are particularly rare. A related example, with cartouche panels depicting chinoiserie scenes similar to this clock, is illustrated in H. Huth, Lacquer of the West, Chicago, 1971, fig. 74. There is also a mahogany longcase clock of related form by Robert Mawley in the collection at Polesden Lacey, Surrey (NT 1246209).