A Welsh mid 19th century mahogany-cased 8-day painted dial longcase clock with moon...

A Welsh mid 19th century mahogany-cased 8-day painted dial longcase clock with moon phase
(William) Meredith, Merthyr Tydvil
The 13-inch break-arched Roman dial with subsidiary seconds dial, inscribed 'Meredith MERTHYR TYDVIL' (sic), the spandrels and hemispheres painted with buildings beneath lunar calendar arch and rolling moon painted with a ship and windmill, the movement with anonymous false-plate, rack-striking on a bell, the case having an arched hood with wavy cresting and inner door surround between spirally-reeded columns, the trunk with matching columns on ogee bracket feet, 90.5" (230cm) high. This maker is recorded at High Street in Slater's Commercial Directory, 1858-9.