A giltwood cartel timepiece, signed for Richard Laurence, Bath, late 18th/early 19th century, with an A-framed five pillar single fusee movement now with anchor escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum incorporating rise/fall regulation to suspension, with a 9 inch circular silvered brass Roman numeral dial with false-bob aperture, recessed subsidiary regulation dial and conforming name disc engraved ‘Rich’d Laurence, BATH’ to centre, with Arabic five minutes to outer track and pierced steel hands set behind hinged glazed bezel, the rococo case with Ho-Ho bird surmount and pierced foliate apron, 74cm high Provenance: The collection of the late Professor Michael Jaffé, Clifton Maybank