Clockwise is delighted to present a superb eight day longcase clock having just enjoyed full and sympathetic restorations performed to the case, dial and movement. Dating from circa 1770 and credited to William Budgen who worked from Croydon and London between 1750 and 1816 this fine Georgian clock is in excellent condition and stands an imposing 2.26m (7 feet 5 inches) tall. The case is a beautiful flame mahogany, of good colour and patina. This antique clock case has all the features of a London clock of the period such as a long moulded trunk door, double plinth base, brass inlayed hood columns and is indeed typical of a high quality case of excellent proportions, very much in the style employed by the finest makers of the late Georgian period, often referred to as a Fleet Street style case and attributed to the Rich family workshop. A quality brass keyhole insert has just been fitted to the trunk door.The eight day FIVE pillar movement strikes via a rack on a sonorous bell and ...