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• Lot n° 82 A late 17th century ebony veneered quarter repeating table timepiece, together with a copy of Radage, Charles Gretton, Clock and Watchmaking through The Golden Age. Charles Gretton, London The caddy top with leaf-tied handle over a moulded cornice, rectangular glazed side panels and sound frets, on a moulded base with four block feet. The front door with a pierced sound fret backed in silk. The 6.5-inch square brass dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with unusual half hour markers signed C Gretton, London between V and VII, framed by winged cherub spandrels, the matted centre with chamfered date aperture, curved and decorated mock pendulum, ringed winding square, and pierced blued steel hands. The five-pillar single gut fusee movement with knife edge verge escapement and pull quarter repeat on a pair of bells mounted to the frontplate. The backplate elaborately engraved with a wheatear border, central foliate decoration, a pair of dragons heads issuing foliate scrolls, and a finely pierced and engraved apron. Signed Charles Gretton, London. Sold together with a bespoke Knibb style winding key, a case key and a 'Deluxe'copy of Through The Golden Age by Dennis Radage with leather binding, gilt edges and foil-stamped slipcase. 41cms (16ins) high.