A WALNUT AND MARQUETRY EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK

A WALNUT AND MARQUETRY EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK, WILLIAM JACKSON, C1700 the brass dial with matted centre, date aperture, ringed winding holes and subsidiary seconds dial, having signed chapter ring and cherub spandrels, five pillar movement, in floral marquetry case with fretted cornice and brass rimmed lentical, weights and pendulum, 216cm hProvenance: Frank Gibbs Rye, CBE (1874-1948), MP for Loughborough 1924-29, Mayor of Westminster 1922-23, Deputy Chairman London County Council 1945-46; thence by descent.The clock was shown in a 1949 photograph of the interior of his home Basing House, Thames Ditton, Surrey.