A large gilt-bronze mounted tortoiseshell boulle marquetry striking bracket clock 'aux chevaux'

A large gilt-bronze mounted tortoiseshell boulle marquetry striking bracket clock 'aux chevaux'
Circa 1900, in the manner of Lescure; the movement signed Baltazar Martinot, Paris, 18th centruy
The case of typical form, the cast dial with enamel Roman chapters, the door mounted with a chariot and four horses, the feet modelled as horses, on a waved plinth, twin-barrel movement with spring suspension, strike on bell, backplate signed Baltazar Martinot Paris; pendulum and winding key
106 cm. high