A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK BY DANIEL DE ST. LEU, LONDON, WATCHMAKER TO THE QUEEN, CIRCA 1760 the break-arch hood with blind fret carving over the free standing fluted columns, the trunk on a plinth base and with arched door, the brass 12" break-arch dial with subsidiary strike / silent to the arch, Roman chapter ring with Arabic five minute markers and subsidiary seconds dial, with chamfered date aperture below the name plate signed 'Dan De St. Leu WATCHMAKER TO HER MAJESTY LONDON', the eight day weight driven movement striking on a bell, with pendulum and two weights, 234cm high Daniel de st Leu was appointed official Clockmaker to Queen Charlotte in 1765. He is listed in C.H. Baillie, 'Watch and Clockmakers of the World' vol. 1. as working 1753-97 and is known to have produced a very fine silver cased bracket clock for the Spanish court.