An impressive mid 18th century gilt-brass mounted mahogany quarter repeating and chiming table clock
John Ellicott, London
The bell top case with five finials over substantial side handles silk backed sound frets and mounted canted corners raised on scroll feet, the 7.75 inch arched brass dial signed in a shaped cartouche flanked by subsidiaries for 'Tocar/Silencio' and for rise-and-fall regulation with engraved highlights over the Roman and Arabic chapter ring with scroll spandrels and blued steel hands, the substantial triple chain fusee movement with verge escapement and rack striking on a bell, sounding the quarters on a small bell and the hours on a larger one, the backplate with engraved pagoda over brickwork and a musical trophy of sheet music and instruments. Ticking, striking and repeating.
65cms (2ft 2ins) high