A table timepiece with silent-pull quarter repeat on two bells, the movement signed for John Taylor, probably Dutch early 18th century, the case later The six finned pillar single fusee movement with verge escapement regulated by short bob pendulum and sounding the hours and quarters on demand only on a pair of graduated bells positioned above the plates, the backplate finely engraved with tulip bloom inhabited scrolling foliage incorporating inscription John Taylor Fecit, the 7 inch square brass dial with shaped false bob aperture and ringed winding hole to the mask and scroll decorated matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised fluer-de-lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes to outer track, with pierced steel hands and applied winged cherub mask spandrels to angles incorporatingg scroll engraved infill top margins between, now in a mahogany case with hinged brass handle to the domed caddy superstructure over moulded cornice and glazed front door, the sides with slender rectangular windows and the rear with glazed door set within the frame of the case, on shallow skirt base with brass claw and ball feet, 39.5cm (15.5ins) high excluding handle.