A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED RED AND POLYCHROME JAPANNED STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK ON WALL BRACKET
J.B. BAILLON, PARIS, MID-18TH CENTURY, LATER DECORATED
CASE: of typical waisted form, with foliate openwork mounts and glazed side panels, the case re-decorated with flowers against a red ground, partially re-mounted BRACKET: of tapering form, later DIAL: white enamel, signed 'J.B. Baillon/A PARIS', pierced and engraved ormolu hands MOVEMENT: rectangular plates with canted angles, twin barrels with silk suspension to anchor escapement, countwheel strike on bell above; pendulum
The clock -- 34¼ in. (87 cm.) high; 15½ in. (39.5 cm.) wide;
7½ in. (19 cm.) deep; the bracket -- 12¼ in. (31 cm.) high
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED RED AND POLYCHROME JAPANNED STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK ON WALL BRACKET
J.B. BAILLON, PARIS, MID-18TH CENTURY, LATER DECORATED
CASE: of typical waisted form, with foliate openwork mounts and glazed side panels, the case re-decorated with flowers against a red ground, partially re-mounted BRACKET: of tapering form, later DIAL: white enamel, signed 'J.B. Baillon/A PARIS', pierced and engraved ormolu hands MOVEMENT: rectangular plates with canted angles, twin barrels with silk suspension to anchor escapement, countwheel strike on bell above; pendulum
The clock -- 34¼ in. (87 cm.) high; 15½ in. (39.5 cm.) wide;
7½ in. (19 cm.) deep; the bracket -- 12¼ in. (31 cm.) high
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