An olivewood marquetry longcase clock, John Savile, London, circa 1690 and later

An olivewood marquetry longcase clock

John Savile, London

circa 1690 and later

10-inch dial with cherub and leaf spandrels, seconds dial, calendar aperture and signed J.Savile London, the latched movement with ring-turned pillars and rack and bell striking, the case with formerly rising hood, moulded cornice and spiral pilasters, the trunk door inset with a lenticle and decorated with shaped panels of bird and flower marquetry in stained bone and woods of contrasting colour on an ebony ground and within an oyster-cut olivewood surround, the crossbanded plinth similarly decorated and raised on a later stepped base and shaped apron,

204.5cm high