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A REGENCE EBONISED, TORTOISESHELL-VENEERED AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED QUARTER-CHIMING BRACKET CLOCK, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
THE WAISTED CASE WITH SCROLL PEDIMENT AND SIDES, SURMOUNTED BY A RECUMBENT ORMOLU FIGURE OF CHRONOS AND WITH LEAFY MOUNTS TO THE SIDES, WITH BRASS-LINED TORTOISESHELL PANELS TO THE FRONT AND SIDES, ON STEPPED AND MOULDED BREAKFRONT PLINTH (PARTS LATER) BELOW A GADROONED AND HUSK CAST GALLERY, ON ORMOLU BUN FEET, WITH ENAMEL SIGNATURE PLAQUE INSCRIBED GOURDAIN TO THE FRONT WITHIN AN ENTWINED LEAF CAST MOUNT, RUNNING GUILLOCHE BEZEL TO THE WHITE ENAMEL ROMAN DIAL WITH ARABIC FIVE MINUTES (SOME CRACKS AND CHIPS, PROBABLY RESTORED), THE TRIPLE BARREL MOVEMENT WITH ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT AND SILK SUSPENSION, WITH OUTSIDE COUNTWHEELS FOR HOURS AND QUARTERS, CHIMING ON A NEST OF THREE BELLS, SIGNED ON THE BACKPLATE GOURDAIN PARIS; RESTORATIONS AND REPLACEMENTS TO VENEERS, PARTS LATER
30IN. (76CM.) HIGH
CARTEL EN PLACAGE D'éCAILLE, ORNEMENTATION DE BRONZE CISELé ET DORé ET BOIS NOIRCI, EN PARTIE DU DéBUT DU XVIIIèME SIèCLE
THE WAISTED CASE WITH SCROLL PEDIMENT AND SIDES, SURMOUNTED BY A RECUMBENT ORMOLU FIGURE OF CHRONOS AND WITH LEAFY MOUNTS TO THE SIDES, WITH BRASS-LINED TORTOISESHELL PANELS TO THE FRONT AND SIDES, ON STEPPED AND MOULDED BREAKFRONT PLINTH (PARTS LATER) BELOW A GADROONED AND HUSK CAST GALLERY, ON ORMOLU BUN FEET, WITH ENAMEL SIGNATURE PLAQUE INSCRIBED GOURDAIN TO THE FRONT WITHIN AN ENTWINED LEAF CAST MOUNT, RUNNING GUILLOCHE BEZEL TO THE WHITE ENAMEL ROMAN DIAL WITH ARABIC FIVE MINUTES (SOME CRACKS AND CHIPS, PROBABLY RESTORED), THE TRIPLE BARREL MOVEMENT WITH ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT AND SILK SUSPENSION, WITH OUTSIDE COUNTWHEELS FOR HOURS AND QUARTERS, CHIMING ON A NEST OF THREE BELLS, SIGNED ON THE BACKPLATE GOURDAIN PARIS; RESTORATIONS AND REPLACEMENTS TO VENEERS, PARTS LATER
30IN. (76CM.) HIGH
CARTEL EN PLACAGE D'éCAILLE, ORNEMENTATION DE BRONZE CISELé ET DORé ET BOIS NOIRCI, EN PARTIE DU DéBUT DU XVIIIèME SIèCLE