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• Lot n° 114 A late 17th century red tortoiseshell basket top quarter repeating table clock John Adamson, London Surmounted by a cast handle of dolphins and birds set on foliate pommels to a repoussé brass basket, the sides set with glazed observation windows, to a moulded base on squat claw and ball feet. The 6 inch square brass dial with cast winged cherub's head spandrels interspersed by foliate engraving, framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, matted centre, strike/silent, engraved date aperture and blued steel hands. The twin fusee movement with verge escapement, the plates united by five pillars, the signed backplate engraved with tulips centred on the signature cartouche further mounted with outside barrel ratchets with stops supported by a shaped steel spring, the rack strike sounding the hours on a bell. 36cms (14 ins) high.