A George III gilt-mounted mahogany quarter chiming and musical table clock for the Spanish market, James (Diego) Evans, London, circa 1780

7¾-inch dial with rococo spandrels, applied painted time dial, signed on a recessed painted plaque in the arch Diego Evans, Bolsa Real, Londres, flanked by subsidiary date and tune selection dials, silencio/musica lever at XII, the three train fusee movement with verge escapement, trip repeat striking on a bell, quarter chiming and playing one of four tunes at the hour on a nest of twelve bells with twelve hammers, signed in a cartouche on the backplate as the dial, the case with a domed top and flambeau finials, gilt frieze fret, sunburst side frets, caryatid corners and bracket feet
31in. 79cm. high