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A George II green lacquer longcase clock
gilt decorated overall with chinoiserie and foliage, the hood with stepped top, bulbous pilasters, with panelled rectangular door to the trunk, on stepped block plinth, the brass dial with incised decoration to the borders, gilt-metal scroll and mask spandrels to the silvered chapter ring with matted centre, calendar aperture and seconds ring, a silvered disc in the arch signed Smorthwaite in Colchester, with dolphin spandrels, the four pillar rack striking movement with anchor escapement, case distressed -- 98in.(249cm.) high
gilt decorated overall with chinoiserie and foliage, the hood with stepped top, bulbous pilasters, with panelled rectangular door to the trunk, on stepped block plinth, the brass dial with incised decoration to the borders, gilt-metal scroll and mask spandrels to the silvered chapter ring with matted centre, calendar aperture and seconds ring, a silvered disc in the arch signed Smorthwaite in Colchester, with dolphin spandrels, the four pillar rack striking movement with anchor escapement, case distressed -- 98in.(249cm.) high