A red japanned longcase clock, Gregory Sewell, London, circa 1745

12-inch dial with mask and leaf spandrels, matted centre with calendar aperture and seconds dial, a silvered roundel in the arch signed Gregory Sewell: Senr., London and flanked by dolphin spandrels, the movement with rack and bell striking, the case with broken-arch cornice, brass capped hood pilasters, similarly arched trunk door and stepped plinth, the whole decorated with chinoiseries in shades of gilt on a red ground