A George III eight-day longcase clock movement and dial, William Clark, York, circa 1780 The for pillar rack and bell striking movement with anchor escapement for regulation by a seconds period pendulum and pump-action lever work for the subsidiary calendar, the 12 inch brass break arch dial with finely matted centre with large subsidiary seconds dial within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed W’m Clark, York to lower margin, the angles with scroll cast spandrels beneath arch centred with subsidiary calendar ring flanked by dolphin cast mounts (no pendulum, weights or hands), 42.5cm (16.75ins) high. William Clark is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in York 1776-84. Clark is thought to have been apprenticed to Henry Hindley (circa 1700-71); the fine restrained proportions and detailing of the dial of the current lot certainly echoes Hindley’s approach.