Queen Anne ebonised thirty-hour longcase clock with alarm by William Brock

This Queen Anne period longcase clock, dating to approximately 1715, features a thirty-hour movement housed within an ebonised pine case. The substantial posted countwheel movement includes bell striking and an integrated alarm mechanism positioned on the lower right, which sounds on the hour bell.

It is regulated by an anchor escapement with a seconds pendulum. The 10-inch square brass dial displays a matted center with an engraved rose alarm disc, a Roman numeral chapter ring with cruciform half-hour markers, and gilt twin-cherub-and-crown spandrels. The clock face is signed by the maker, William Brock of Axbridge, at the lower margin and uses a scroll-pierced iron hand. The case includes a domed caddy superstructure, an ogee moulded cornice, and parcel gilt three-quarter columns flanking the glazed dial aperture.

The trunk features a brass-edged circular lenticle and a concave throat moulding, supported by a plinth base with a moulded skirt. The total height is 222.5 cm, with a width of 49.5 cm and a depth of 29 cm.