A BRASS MOUNTED MAHOGANY TABLE CLOCKTHE DIAL SIGNED FOR ROBERT WOOD, LONDON, LATE 18th AND EARLY 19th CENTURYWith a five pillar twin fee bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by a lenticular bob pendulum, with an 8 inch brass dial applied with slightly convex painted Toman numeral hour disc inscribed Rob't Wood, LONDON to centre and with pierced gilt brass hands within gilt brass surround finely engraved with rosette-centred floral sprays to spandrel areas and with similar infill flanking the subsidiary STRIKE/SILENT selection dial to the arch, in a bell-top case with five gilt bras urn finials to superstructure and cavetto top mouldings, over break-arch glazed door incorporating brass filet mouldings to the dial aperture and scroll cast frets to the upper quadrants flanked by brass stop-fluted canted angles, the sides with hinged gilt bras carrying handles over break-arch frets cast with cherub mask centred sunburst and scroll decoration, the rear with rectangular glazed door, on cavetto moulded skirt base with brass ogee bracket feet.53cm (21ins) high excluding top finial and plinth, 63cm (25ins) high overall, 36cm (14.25ins) wide, 22cm (8.75ins) deep.Provenance: Private collection, East Midlands.Three makers with the name Robert Wood are recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in London during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The first around 1789, the second at Finsbury Square 1808-11 and the third from Kent Road, 1820.