A Scarlet and Gilt Japanned Quarter Chiming Table Clock by James De Baufre, London, the movement Circa 1730, the case Circa 1770

A Scarlet and Gilt Japanned Quarter Chiming Table Clock by James De Baufre, London, the movement Circa 1730, the case Circa 1770

7½-inch dial with mask and scroll spandrels, matted centre with mock pendulum and date apertures, strike/silent lever at III, signed on a boss in the arch James Debaufre, London, the three train fusee movement with later conversion to anchor escapement, striking on a bell and quarter chiming on a nest of six bells, the backplate engraved with a trumpeting herald and birds amdist foliate scrolls, the associated and later case with bell top and flambeau finials above term corner mounts, the whole decorated in gilt with trellis, flowers and leaves on a scarlet ground

height 27 in.

68.5 cm