A George III mahogany table timepiece with pull quarter repeat, circa 1790

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A George III mahogany table timepiece with pull quarter repeat, circa 1790
The case with brass handle to bell top, two glazed panels to each side, gilt-metal foliate quarter frets to the front door with moulded frame, on bracket feet, the white dial painted with floral spandrels to Roman and Arabic chapter ring with dot minute track, arch calendar aperture to the centre and one dummy winding arbor, signature to the arch THOS. GREEN/LIVERPOOL, blued steel hands, the eight day five pillar movement with single gut fusee and knife-edge verge escapement, with pull quarter repeat on three bells, the back plate with repeat signature and elaborately engraved with chinoiserie pagodas -- 18¾in. (47.5cm.) high to fold of handle

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Lot Essay

Thomas Green (fl.1772-1805), a Liverpool clockmaker, watchmaker and watch tool maker. In partnership with John Wyke, his brother-in-law, from 1772-1782.
Son of Robert Green (fl. 1767-1780) who 'makes Repeating, Horizontal & Plain Watches' (Liverpool Advertiser, 29 March 1767).
His trade card (c.1775) is illustrated in Oliver Fairclough Joseph Finney & the Clock and Watchmakers of 18th century Liverpool (MA thesis, University of Keele, copy Liverpool Record Office). A copy of a trade catalogue of his (c.1780) is also in the L.R.O. Thomas Green appears in GORES DIRECTORY (1781) at 7 Temple Street, Liverpool. A bracket clock by him (c.1780) is in the Liverpool Museum.

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