A first half of the 18th century ebonised table clock with pull cord repeat Richard Peckover, London The caddy top with knopped handle and moulded cornice over circular and shaped side panels on a moulded plinth base, the 7 inch arched brass Roman and Arabic dial with silvered chapter ring with blued-steel hands, the matted centre with recessed oval signature cartouche and mock pendulum aperture, with subsidiaries for date, strike/silent and rise-and-fall regulation, the twin gut fusee movement with pivotted verge escapement rack striking the hours on a bell, chiming the quarters on a nest of 6 bells and hammers, the signature within a symmetrical engraved pattern of rolling foliage. Two labels attached to the inside of the rear door from Hart Bros. Jewellers & Watchmakers, Muswell Hill, London dated 1918, 1936 and 1940. A further circular label is on the left rear door jamb for Steinmann, London no.153. Ticking and striking, sold with a case key and an associated winding key. 47cms (18 1/2ins) high (3) Footnotes: Richard Peckover may have been born in 1685 in St. Giles, Cripplegate parish, London. He was active circa 1700-1754, based in Change Alley from 1735 and the Royal Exchange from 1751. He probably took over Quare & Horseman's business in 1733. He is buried at St Helen's Bishopsgate. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com