A mid-18th century oak longcase clock with eight day movement striking on a bell, the 12-inch square brass dial with silvered centre, subsidiary seconds and date aperture, the silvered chapter ring with Roman hour numerals and inscribed 'Willm Bilbie Chewstoke', the hood with moulded pediment, glazed door and ebonized columns, the rectangular trunk door with inlaid star, on a plain base and plinth, height 202cm, with pendulum and two weights (alternations and restoration). Note: William Bilbie is a recorded clockmaker working in Chewstoke, Somerset, circa 1757.