A George III brass mounted ebonised table clock. Abel Panchaud, London, circa 1780. The five pill

A George III brass mounted ebonised table clock. Abel Panchaud, London, circa 1780. The five pillar twin fusee bell striking movement with verge escapement, trip hour repeat and symmetrical foliate scroll engraved backplate, the 7 inch brass break-arch dial with calendar aperture and signed Abel Panchaud, Oxford Street to the silvered centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes and foliate scroll cast spandrels to angles beneath arch with subsidiary Strike/Silent selection dial flanked by conforming mounts, the triple pad top break-arch case with hinged carrying handle and brass fillet mouldings to top above arched fishscale sound frets to sides and moulded brass inserts to front angles flanking the fillet inset aperture of the front door, on cavetto moulded base incorporating further brass strung moulding and on cast ogee bracket feet, 41cm (16ins) high excluding handle. Abel Panchaud is recorded in Baillie G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in London 1764-84.