A Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted turtleshell, mother-of-pearl and brass contra boulle marquetry bracket clock, movement and case probably later associated, some bronzes with the crowned 'C'

8½-inch twenty-four piece cartouche enamel dial, the unsigned movement with later Brocot escapement, earlier and altered external count wheel striking on the top-mounted bell, the waisted case with floral surmount above foliate mounts and scroll feet, the whole veneered in brass and inlaid in turtleshell and mother-of-pearl with foliate scrolls and polychrome flowers; (regilt)

Clock: 69cm high, 27 ¼ in.

Bracket: 28.5cm high, 11 ¼ in.

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