A superb Georgian grandfather clock, with an arched silver-plated dial signed by Robert Wood

An exquisite Georgian grandfather clock, with a curved, silvered dial signed by Robert Wood, London, featuring an automatic movement on poles set in a painted mouth, with date and seconds chapters, steel hands, an 8-day striking movement in a bell, enclosed in a pagoda-shaped case with a brass fretwork panel flanked by brass finials and fluted Doric columns with brass capitals, above the fiery mahogany doors surrounding the original brass pendulum and weights, flanked by quarter columns ending in a panel base and apron. This stunning longcase clock retains its original finish and patina. c1795 

Robert Wood, better known for his bracket clocks, was the son of Robert Wood and worked from 1789 to at least 1811 on Finsbury Square.

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