A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TABLE CLOCKJOHN GREEN, LONDON, CIRCA 1775The five pillar twin chain fusee bell-striking movement now with anchor escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum, the 7 inch gilt brass break-arch dial with calendar and false bob apertures and applied with shaped silvered plate signed John Green, LONDON to the finely matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes beyond the minute track, with pierced steel hands and rococo scroll cast spandrels to angles beneath arch centred with a subsidiary Strike/Silent selection dial flanked by conforming mounts, the mahogany bell-top case with hinged brass carrying handle to superstructure over double cavetto top mouldings and hinged front with raised mouldings around the glazed dial aperture and etched glass panel infill to the upper quadrants, the sides with circular over concave-topped rectangular apertures and the rear with break-arch glazed door incorporating conforming quadrant panels set within the frame of the case, on cavetto moulded skirt base incorporating shaped apron and integral bracket feet.47cm (18.5ins) high with handle down, 28cm (11ins) wide, 18cm (7ins) deep.Several makes with the name John Green are recorded in Baillie, G.H Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in London during the latter half of the 18th century, however the most likely maker of the current lot is one of that name listed as working from Goswell Street in 1799.