A LOUIS XV ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK, the circular glazed enamelled dial with both Roman and Arabic numerals, the associated Swiss movement bearing the signature Gavelle à Paris, within an asymetrical foliate-trailed frame surmounted by a foliate-spray and flanked by C-scrolls, the pierced foliate-spray body with blue watered-silk lining and glazed centrepiece, upon a shaped bracket with C-scroll and rockwork above a central floral-spray
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK, the circular glazed enamelled dial with both Roman and Arabic numerals, the associated Swiss movement bearing the signature Gavelle à Paris, within an asymetrical foliate-trailed frame surmounted by a foliate-spray and flanked by C-scrolls, the pierced foliate-spray body with blue watered-silk lining and glazed centrepiece, upon a shaped bracket with C-scroll and rockwork above a central floral-spray
13¾in. (35cm.) wide; 28½in. (23cm.) high
Lot Essay
Jean-Jacques Gavelle, who was appointed Deputé in 1777