A late 18th century mahogany table clockJas Clark, BristolThe bell top case surmounted by a handle and acorn finials with upper quadrant frets, side fish scale frets and glazed front and back door, on moulded base with brass ogee feet. The lacquered brass 6.75 inch break arch dial plate with C-scroll frets surrounding a silvered Arabic and Roman chapter ring with finely matted centre, chamfered date aperture and pierced blued steel hands. The arch has mirrored jester head spandrels and a signed silvered cartouche. The twin chain fusee movement, with five knopped pillars, verge escapement and rack striking, the engraved backplate depicting a phoenix on a chalice. Ticking and striking (the case possibly associated). 50cms (19.5 ins) high.Footnotes:A James B. Clark is listed as working between 1730-1791(?) in Bristol. A turret clock is known by him, made in 1730 as the church clock for Christchurch. He took an apprentice, George Atkins, in 28 July 1784 and received a payment by Atkins of £10 for taking him on as apprentice. Atkins would have completed his apprenticeship in around 1791, but there is no record of him, beyond his marriage licence to Elizabeth Morgan in 1796.