A good mid 18th century ebonised table clock with trip repeatThomas Haley, LondonThe inverted bell top surmounted by a cast handle over a moulded cornice, the sides with twin glazed apertures, the front door with pierced quadrants backed in red silk, on a plinth base and block feet. The 6.5 inch arched brass dial signed in a shaped recess between two subsidiaries for Strike/Not Strike and rise-and-fall regulation, the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring framing the finely matted centre with chamfered date aperture. The gut fusee (now wire) movement united by five knopped pillars with pivoted verge escapement and rack strike on a bell, the backplate centred by an engraved basket of fruit within symmetrical foliate scrolls, with original engraved sprung pendulum holdfast. Ticking, striking and repeating, together with two case keys and a crank winding key. 49cms (1ft 7ins) high.