A GEORGE III BRASS MOUNTED MAHOGANY QUARTER-CHIMING TABLE CLOCK WITH FIRED ENAMEL DIAL INSERTSJOHN TAYLOR, LONDON, CIRCA 1780 The six pillar triple chain fusee movement with verge escapement regulated by short bob pendulum, striking the hour on a bell and chiming the quarters on a graduated nest of eight bells, the rococo scroll engraved backplate centred with an obelisk set on a pedestal within double-line border, the 8 inch brass break-arch dial plate applied with circular enamel Roman numeral circular centre with Arabic five minutes to outer track, with pierced and engraved brass hands set within rococo scroll engraved surround continuing up into the arch to envelop the subsidiary enamel Strike/Silent dial inscribed John Taylor, London to centre, the brass mounted bell top case capped with urn finials to the flame veneered superstructure and double cavetto top mouldings, over front door with inset gilt brass fillet moulding to the glazed dial aperture, rococo scroll cast upper quadrant frets flanked by canted angles adorned with fine female caryatid and tied rose drapery cast mounts, the sides with hinged handles over break-arch sunburst cherub mask and rococo scroll cast sound frets, the rear with rectangular glazed door set within the frame of the case, on cavetto moulded shallow skirt base with generous leafy scroll cast feet.56cm (22ins) high overall, 35cm (13.75ins) wide, 24cm (9.5ins) deep. Several makers with the name John Taylor are recorded working in London during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, however the most likely maker of the current lot is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as being admitted to the Clockmaker's Company in 1796 and may be the same maker who is subsequently listed as working from Clerkenwell 1805-24.