A George III kingwood crossbanded mahogany balloon-shaped table timepiece with fired enamel dial Richard Gunter, London, circa 1800 The five pillar single fusee movement with half-deadbeat escapement regulated by half-seconds pendulum with inverted keystone-shaped bob, the shallow-arch top foliate border-engraved backplate signed Rich'd Gunter, London to centre, the 6 inch circular convex white enamel Roman numeral dial signed RICHARD GUNTER, LONDON to centre and with Arabic five minutes to outer track, with blued steel arrow hands set behind hinged convex glazed bezel, the balloon-shaped case with strung and crossbanded borders to the integral curved fiddle-back veneered top and sides, the front with conforming borders surrounding the dial and the shaped flame-figured panel beneath, the rear with door matching the shape of the case set within the frame, on conforming banded cavetto moulded skirt base with brass ball feet, 39cm (15.25ins) high. Richard Gunter is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in London 1790-1808.