An early 18th century marquetry inlaid walnut longcase clock, circa 1700, the eight day movement striking on a bell with internal countwheel mechanism, controlled via a detent operating through an aperture in blackplate, the brass 11-inch square dial with silvered chapter ring, inscribed 'Hen. Jackson Lavington', framing a matt centre with silvered subsidiary seconds, date aperture and ringed winding holes, cornered with finely cast and pierced cherub head and scroll spandrels, the well-proportioned case with floral marquetry panels to the trunk door and base, the hood with moulded pediment above floral inlaid border panels, glazed door and turned columns, the rectangular trunk door with glazed oval lenticle and cross grain mouldings, the sides divided into panels with stringing, on a plinth base, height 196cm (some alterations and restoration), with pendulum and two weights. Note: Henry Jackson of Market Lavington in Wiltshire is a recorded clockmaker. He was born in 1673 and died and was buried in Market Lavington in 1748.