A mahogany longcase clock, Joseph Rose & Son, London, circa 1775

12-inch dial with rococo spandrels, matted centre with calendar aperture and recessed seconds dial signed Rose & Son, Foster Lane, London, strike/silent dial in the arch, the rack and bell striking movement with five knopped pillars, the case with reduced cresting above a broken-arch moulded cornice, brass capped stop-fluted pillars, similarly arched trunk door and panelled plinth with shaped apron, the interior with a rare original label for Joseph Rose & Son, Clock and Watchmakers at the Dial in St Ann's Lane, Foster Lane, Cheapside, London, the text repeated in French 

Joseph Rose and Son worked at Foster Lane, London between 1765 and 1784