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• Lot n° 81 A fine third quarter of the 18th century ormolu-mounted ebonised quarter-repeating, two-tune musical table clock playing on 8 bells and 15 hammers Stephen Rimbault, London The impressive case surmounted by five flambe urn finials on pedestals over an arched top with moulded cornice, the sides set with pierced wooden soundfrets backed in red silk, to a moulded base and cast scroll feet. The 8.25 inch arched brass dial with large tune selection dial in the arch offering Minuet or Gavot pr. Correlli, two smaller subsidiaries marked Sonne/Sillance and 6 Sonne/ 6 Sillance (strike/silence and tune/no tune), intersecting the upper corners of teh Roman and Arabic chapter ring with finely matted centres, applied nameplate, chamfered date aperture and mock pendulum. The substantial movement with triple gut fusees and knopped pillars; the going train with knife edge verge escapement, the rack strike acting on a single bell, the music playing crisply on 8 bells and 15 hammers. The quarter repeat using an additional five hammers acting on the first five bells. Ticking, striking, repeating and playing tunefully. 71cms (28ins) high.