Cumbrian Interest - Dated mid 18th Century carved oak-cased 8-day longcase clock - (James) Hendrie of Wigton, fl. c. 1718-68, the 13-inch two-piece break-arched dial with Roman hours, Arabic minutes, inner quarter hour track, and a matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial over calendar aperture and engraved basket of fruit, all within mask spandrels and chevron border, the conforming arch with boss engraved "Francis Taylor 1744" between scaly dragons, the knopped and ringed pillar movement, the period case with late 19th Century stipple carving, 228cm high