A LOUIS XV ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK, the circular glazed enamelled dial with both Roman and Arabic numerals signed J.P. COURTOIS À PARIS, within a pierced asymetrical cartouche cast with rockwork C-scrolls, scrolling foliage and acanthus and surmounted by a pierced cresting, the body with pierced foliate filigree against a red-japanned ground, the movement signed to the reverse J.P.Courtois À Paris no.69, the bezel cracked, later alterations to the movement, the glazing replaced

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK, the circular glazed enamelled dial with both Roman and Arabic numerals signed J.P. COURTOIS À PARIS, within a pierced asymetrical cartouche cast with rockwork C-scrolls, scrolling foliage and acanthus and surmounted by a pierced cresting, the body with pierced foliate filigree against a red-japanned ground, the movement signed to the reverse J.P.Courtois À Paris no.69, the bezel cracked, later alterations to the movement, the glazing replaced
33½in. (60cm.) high

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Almost certainly Jean Pierre Courtois, who married in 1757