A GEORGE III FRUITWOOD TABLE CLOCK WITH TRIP HOUR-REPEATPAUL DUPIN, LONDON, MID 18th CENTURYThe five pillar twin fee bell striking movement with verge escapement regulated by short bob pendulum incorporating engraved apron to the backcock, the backplate engraved with asymmetric strapwork scrolls within leafy trail engraved border, the 7 inch gilt brass dial with calendar and shaped false-bob apertures and applied silvered nameplate engraved Paul Dupin, LONDON to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes beyond the minute track, with scroll pierced steel hands and applied shell decorated rococo scroll spandrels to angles beneath arch centred with subsidiary STRIKE/SILENT selection dial flanked by conforming scroll cast mounts, the inverted bell-top case with hinged brass carrying handle over cavetto top mouldings, the front with break-arch glazed door bordered with raised mouldings to the aperture and with scroll-pierced engraved brass frets to the upper quadrants flanking the arch, the sides with circular over concave-topped windows and the rear with break-arch glazed door incorporating conforming engraved brass upper quadrant frets set within the frame of the case, on cavetto moulded skirt base with block feet.48cm (19ins) high with handle down, 28cm (11ins) wide, 19cm (7.5ins) deep.Paul Dupin is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in Geneva and London circa 1710-67. Baillie notes watches including a triple-cased gold repose example with case by Moser in the Guildhall Meum (collection of the Clockmaker'spany).