A GEORGE IV/WILLIAM IV OAK TALL CASE CLOCK, 1820-1837, WITH A GEORGE II CLOCKWORKS, POSSIBLY WELLS, the broken swan neck pediment, above a square glazed door with a scalloped liner, opening to a brass patinated bronze clock face mounted with scrolling foliate corners flanked by cherubs within a crown resembling George I's state crown, centering an etched Roman numeral dial, with day and date sub-dials, the clockworks retaining gut cords, signed "Hen. Swaine, Hillperton," flanked by twisted turned columns, above protruding molding, over a square door with a central quarter sawn oak panel, above stepped molding surmounting a rectangular base, raised on ogee feet. Height: 77 1/2" Width: 19 3/4" Depth: 8 3/4" NOTE: A marriage record for Henry Swayne, of Hilperton, listed as a clockmaker can be found for the Diocese of Bath and Wells, dating to June 16, 1714. Harwood, H.W. Forsyth, Ed. "The Genealogist: A Quarterly Magazine of Genealogical, Antiquarian, Topographical, and Heraldic Research." Volume XXIV. George Bell & Sons, London, 1908.