A small English ebonised table clock with quarter repeat, James Wittit London, circa 1740

15-cm arched brass dial, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, matted centre with apertures for date and mock pendulum, pierced urn spandrels, arch with signature plaque James Wittit London flanked by two silvered subsidiaries for strike/silent and up/down, double fusee spring driven movement of 8-day duration, rack hour striking on a bell, pull wind quarter repeat on six bells, foliate and similarly signed back plate, ebonised inverted bell top case surmounted by a brass handle, foliate pierced wood frets to the sides, moulded plinth.