A LOUIS XV BRONZE-MOUNTED AND BRASS BOULLE INLAID TORTOISESHELL STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK
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A LOUIS XV BRONZE-MOUNTED AND BRASS BOULLE INLAID TORTOISESHELL STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK

LE GRAND, VERSAILLES. THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

Closed8 February 2011

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GBP 3,750

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A LOUIS XV BRONZE-MOUNTED AND BRASS BOULLE INLAID TORTOISESHELL STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK
LE GRAND, VERSAILLES. THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The ormolu dial with individual enamel chapters, blued steel hands, twin barrels movement with converted anchor escapement and countwheel strike on bell, the back plate signed 'Le Grand A Paris'; pendulum, winding key
47½ in. (120.5 cm.) high

The property of Madame Rose Chereau, Château des Grotteaux, Loire and thence by decent to the present owner.