A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL AND BRASS-INLAID BOULLE QUARTER-STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK AND BRACKET, the enamel-set dial cast with strapwork and foliage, signed on an oval plaque MACÉ A PARIS, in arched glazed case inlaid in premièrepartie marquetry with scrolling foliage bordered with volutes, acanthus and lambrequins, on splayed gadrooned feet headed by plumed female masks and surmounted by a figure of Minerva, the contrepartie bracket with female mask-angles, plaited collars and satyr-mask base, the bracket associated
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A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL AND BRASS-INLAID BOULLE QUARTER-STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK AND BRACKET, the enamel-set dial cast with strapwork and foliage, signed on an oval plaque MACÉ A PARIS, in arched glazed case inlaid in premièrepartie marquetry with scrolling foliage bordered with volutes, acanthus and lambrequins, on splayed gadrooned feet headed by plumed female masks and surmounted by a figure of Minerva, the contrepartie bracket with female mask-angles, plaited collars and satyr-mask base, the bracket associated
61in. (155cm.) high; 23in.(58.5cm.) wide (2)