Fine walnut and floral marquetry-cased 8-day longcase clock George Murgatroyd, London, circa 1700, the 12-inch square brass dial having silvered Roman chapter ring with stylised sword hilt half hour markers, Arabic five minutes to outer track and inner quarter hour track, additionally signed Geo: Murgatroyd, London framing a matted centre with ringed winding arbors, silvered subsidiary seconds ring and calendar aperture within engraved scroll border, within crown and twin cherub supporters to spandrels, engraved signature 'George Murgatroyd London' to lower edge,the four (formerly five) finned pillar movement with anchor escapement, inside countwheel striking on a bell, regulated by seconds pendulum, the case with floral marquetry-inlaid caddy top, hood door, throat moulding, long trunk door (with oval lenticle) and base, the trunk door incorporating an urn, birds, tulips and other flowers, scrollwork etc, the plain hood sides with rectangular windows and quarter columns applied to bargeboards at the rear, the trunk sides with two line-edged panels within crossbanded borders, on conforming panel outline marquetry fronted plinth base with moulded skirt, 227cm high (sold with two weights plus pendulum and winder)

George Murgatroyd is recorded in Britten, F. J., 'Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers' as working in London circa 1710 - however, features such as the convex throat moulding to the case, and ringed winding holes coupled with stylised sword-hilt half hour markers to the dial, would suggest a date just prior to this for the current lot.