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A Louis XIV boulle tortoiseshell and ormolu-mounted striking bracket clock on bracket, first quarter 18th Century
The waisted case with glazed side panels, brass marquetry inlays to rear door, the cast ormolu dial with individual white enamel Roman cartouche chapters, enamel centre signed DUROCHÉ/APARIS, blued steel hands, the eight day twin barrel movement with rectangular plates joined by five vase-shaped pillars, now with silk suspended anchor escapement, with calibrated countwheel strike, the back plate with repeat signature; on matching wall bracket -- 52 in. (132 cm.) high overall; pendulum
The waisted case with glazed side panels, brass marquetry inlays to rear door, the cast ormolu dial with individual white enamel Roman cartouche chapters, enamel centre signed DUROCHÉ/APARIS, blued steel hands, the eight day twin barrel movement with rectangular plates joined by five vase-shaped pillars, now with silk suspended anchor escapement, with calibrated countwheel strike, the back plate with repeat signature; on matching wall bracket -- 52 in. (132 cm.) high overall; pendulum
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