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A Walnut Chiming Eight Day Longcase Clock, signed Tho Cartwright, Watchmaker to ye Prince, London, circa 1730, caddied hood with brass flame finials, glass side panels, trunk door with bevelled glass panel, stepped moulded plinth, 12-inch arched brass dial with silvered Arabic and Roman chapter ring, matted dial centre with date aperture and seconds dial, arch with lunar aperture, tidal dial and signed, triple weight driven five pillar movement with anchor escapement, quarter chiming with eight hammers striking a nest of eight bells and a further hammer striking a bell for the hours, later case, 270cm high 23.01.15, Case surfaces are polished, pierced front fret with some chips, later finials, some chips and cracks to the mouldings, left hand column of the hood with damage, case with replaced veneers in parts, wooden dial surround with chips and has been replaced, later trunk door and bevelled glass, later door hinges, plinth is re-built, bottom of the backboard is later, dial is clean, hand collet and the pin is missing, strike and chime mechanism needs re-setting, movement looks clean, later seatboard, two wooden blocks are beneath the seatboard on top of the case side cheeks, together with three later weights and a pendulum, dial and movement are circa 1730, the case is later.
