Lot 22: A GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL MUSICAL CLOCK OF SMALL SIZE JOHN

A GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL MUSICAL CLOCK OF SMALL SIZE JOHN BARBOT / MARKWICK MARKHAM, PERIGAL, LONDON, CIRCA 1770 The 4 inch enamel dial with Turkish chapters and signed ‘MARKWICK / MARKHAM / PERIGAL / LONDON, the rear-wound four train fusee movement with shaped plates joined by eight pillars, tic-tac escapement, quarter-chiming on eight bells via six hammers, striking the hour and playing four tunes on a pin barrel via sixteen hammers on eight bells, the foliate engraved backplate signed ‘John Barbot / London’ 15 in. (38 cm.) high; 8 in. (20.3 cm.) wide; 5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) deep