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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID TORTOISESHELL BRACKET CLOCK
INLAID OVERALL WITH FOLIATE SCROLLS, THE ARCHED WAISTED GLAZED CASE WITH PIERCED FOLIATE MOUNTS, ENCLOSING A FOLIATE REPOUSSé DIAL WITH ENAMELLED ROMAN CARTOUCHE CHAPTERS, THE ENAMELLED CENTRE SIGNED ABRAHAM DU TERTRE/A PARIS, THE TWIN-GOING BARREL MOVEMENT WITH LATER ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT AND OUTSIDE COUNTWHEEL STRIKE ON A BELL TO THE PEDIMENT ABOVE, WITH REPEAT SIGNATURE TO THE BACKPLATE, WITH WAISTED TAPERING WALL BRACKET TERMINATING IN AN ACANTHUS-WRAPPED SCALLOP SHELL BOSS, DAMAGES AND ALTERATIONS, THE MOVEMENT, DIAL AND CASE ASSOCIATED
136CM. HIGH (TOTAL)
INLAID OVERALL WITH FOLIATE SCROLLS, THE ARCHED WAISTED GLAZED CASE WITH PIERCED FOLIATE MOUNTS, ENCLOSING A FOLIATE REPOUSSé DIAL WITH ENAMELLED ROMAN CARTOUCHE CHAPTERS, THE ENAMELLED CENTRE SIGNED ABRAHAM DU TERTRE/A PARIS, THE TWIN-GOING BARREL MOVEMENT WITH LATER ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT AND OUTSIDE COUNTWHEEL STRIKE ON A BELL TO THE PEDIMENT ABOVE, WITH REPEAT SIGNATURE TO THE BACKPLATE, WITH WAISTED TAPERING WALL BRACKET TERMINATING IN AN ACANTHUS-WRAPPED SCALLOP SHELL BOSS, DAMAGES AND ALTERATIONS, THE MOVEMENT, DIAL AND CASE ASSOCIATED
136CM. HIGH (TOTAL)
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WITH WHYTOCK & REID, EDINBURGH, IN THE 1980S.