HENRY DOWARD, WIDNES. A GEORGE III FIGURED MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK the swan-neck pedimented hood with eglomise panels above a glazed door with four reeded side columns, the trunk with convex pierced blind fret-cut mould above a folded matched veneered door flanked by reeded quarter columns on a canted base with applied panel raised on ogee bracket feet. The13" gilt-brass dial with rococo spandrels and silvered chapter ring surrounding a chequered engraved centre with concentric calendar and subsidiary seconds dial below a rolling moonphase dial with silvered arched plaque above inscribed "TIME SHEWS THE WAY OF LIFES DECAY" - the eight-day weight-driven movement with anchor escapement striking the hours on a bell. (228cm high)