English mahogany eight day longcase clock, the 12" square br...

English mahogany eight day longcase clock, the 12" square brass dial signed Mat (Matthew) Vines, London, with cherub and crown spandrels, Roman numeral silvered chapter ring, matted centre with a subsidiary seconds dial over ringed winding holes and calendar aperture, steel hands, five pillar movement with inside countwheel striking on a bell, in a mahogany pagoda top case inset with a circular fretwork panel and surmounted with three brass ball and spike finials, with brass grille fret glazed side panels and turned columns, over a single gadroon moulded border door and plinth base, 88" high including the brass finials (missing the subsidiary second hand) (with a pair of weights, pendulum, case door key and a winding key) ** Matthew Vines was an English clockmaker active in London during the early 18th century

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