A RARE AND FINE MID 18TH CENTURY MAHOGANY AND GILT BRONZE MOUNTED SIX TUNE MUSICAL FUSEE TABLE CLOCK WITH AUTOMATA SIGNED MARRIOT, FLEET STREET

the case with inverted bell top surmounted by an ormolu allegorical figure of Music playing a lyre and flanked by four flaming urn finials, the sides with gilt brass pierced frets cast with winged putti and strap-work, the sides with canted angles and fruitwood and boxwood inlay and stringing, on acanthus scrolled feet, the door with gilt floral quadrants and break arch glazed panel enclosing the eight inch square brass dial with gilt spandrels and painted centre with Roman numerals signed 'Marriot FLEET STREET', with subsidiary chime / silent dial and tune selection, listing DANCE / DANCE / COTILLION / LANGOLEE / MARCH / MINUET , the arch painted with a scene of a lady reading and a man spying on her with a telescope within an Arcadian landscape, centred by a moving figure of the Chronos holding an egg timer and scythe, moving in time with the pendulum, the substantial triple chain fusee movement with verge escapement and large pin wheel activating the hammers playing the six tunes on the hour on a nest of eight graduated bells, striking the hours on a further bell, the backplate with engraved foliate decoration, with pendulum with pear shaped bob, with pull cord repeat on the single bell and nest of bells, with case key and winder,

66cm high, 38cm wide

The movement and automaton is in working order and chiming but not fully tested or guaranteed.

John Marriot of Fleet Street is listed in Britten's 'Old clocks and Watches & Their Makers' as working from 1755 - 1799 during which time he took on numerous apprentices.

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