A CHINESE GILT-METAL AND HONGMU QUARTER-STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK IN THE EUROPEAN STYLE, the white enamel dual with Roman and Arabic chapters and pierced blued hands, the gilt-brass mask cast with scrolling foliage, the four pillar twin chain fuse movement with verge escapement and strike on two bells, pendulum holdfast to the backplate engraved with bats and foliage around a shou character, the breakarch case on ball feet and framing glass panels on each side, with lion-masks suspending ring handles, the arched top with carrying handle and corner finials, early 19th Century