A mid-18th century mahogany quarter repeating table clock Samuel Whichcote, London Inverted bell top with a turned handle over long glazed side panels and arched front and rear doors, on a moulded base and block feet, the 5.75 inch arched brass dial with subsidiary strike/silent in the arch over a Roman and Arabic chapter ring framed by Indian mask spandrels, the finely matted centre with applied nameplate, date and mock pendulum aperture, the twin gut fusee movement united by five knopped pillars, with verge escapement striking the hours on a bell, further sounding the hours and the quarters on six bells and hammers on demand via a pull cord to the right side of the case, the backplate centred by the engraved figure of Harlequin raised on one foot about to lift his feathered hat, flanked by a pair of exotic birds within foliate scrolls and a single line border. 46cms (18ins) high Footnotes: Provenance: Single family ownership for 43 years, purchased Laurie Leigh Antiques, High Street, Oxford, April 1978. Samuel Whichcote worked in Crane Court, off Fleet Street from 1724. The Harlequin engraved backplate ties in with the mid 18th century taste for the 'Commedia dell'arte'. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com