A late 19th century French ebonized quarter striking portable table clock signed Breguet

A late 18th century EBONIZED STRIKING TABLE CLOCK WITH PULL QUARTER REPEAT
Signed William Hughes, Holborn, London
The case surmounted by a caddy top with brass carrying handle flanked by bud finials, glazed side panels with gilt fillets, on a moulded base. The brass dial with gilt scroll spandrels, silvered strike/silent dial in the arch, silvered Roman chapter ring enclosing date, mock pendulum and silvered signature plaque in the matted centre, with scroll hands. The movement with rectangular plates, engraved with foliate scrolls enclosing signature cartouche, five knopped pillars, twin fusees with wire lines, verge escapement with knife edge suspended bob pendulum, striking the hour on a bell mounted above the case with pull quarter repeat on six bells.
Size: 17 ½ in (44cm) high including handle.
Footnotes:
William Hughes worked at 119 High Holborn from 1755-1792. In 1763 he took Thomas Earnshaw as an apprentice, who eventually took over his premises when Hughes died.

Illustrated in Dzik, Sunny. Engraving on English Table Clocks, 1660-1800 fig. H21-2
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