John Mottram: A George III gilt-brass paste-set musical automaton table clock for the Chinese market, London, circa 1790

John Mottram: A George III gilt-brass paste-set musical automaton table clock for the Chinese market London, circa 1790

3¾-inch enamel dial with centre seconds, the three train chain fusee movement with verge escapement, striking the hours and ting-tang quarters on two bells and playing one of four tunes on a carillon of ten bells with eighteen hammers every three hours, the surmount automaton powered by the musical train and comprising seven paste-set rosettes spinning around a central pink and white rosette, a further rosette above also rotates along with the red and white finial, the case with domed top and urn finials above pierced scroll corners, paste-set front, moulded serpentine base and splayed feet, the whole finely engraved with foliage and swags with circle and dot borders  

53.5cm 21in high