Good oak eight day longcase clock, the 12" brass arched dial...

Estimate

£800 - £1,200

Good oak eight day longcase clock, the 12" brass arched dial signed John Watts, Canterbury on the silvered chapter ring enclosing a matted and foliate engraved centre with subsidiary seconds dial, ringed winding holes and calendar aperture, with convex silvered boss to the arch engraved with the face of the sun, the case with long moulded rounded arched door and the hood surmounted by a moulded swan neck pediment, 88" high (pendulum and two iron weights)

**John Watts was one of the best clock and watchmakers working in Canterbury during the early and middle 18th century, see Michael Pearson - Kent Clocks & Clockmakers, page 242