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A Louis XV quarter-repeating boulle mock tortoiseshell bracket timepiece, with bracket, circa 1740
The waisted case with cherub finial, glazed side panels and front door with amorino relief mount, the rosewood interior also inlaid with cut brass, the cast brass dial with individual white enamel Roman cartouche chapters, the minute tracked engraved with five minutes and signed LE ROY A PARIS, blued steel hands, the twin barrel movement with verge escapement with silk suspension, vase-shaped pillars, repeat signature to back plate, quarter repeating on three bells above; and the tapering wall bracket en suite -- 30½in. (77.5cm.) high overall (2)
The waisted case with cherub finial, glazed side panels and front door with amorino relief mount, the rosewood interior also inlaid with cut brass, the cast brass dial with individual white enamel Roman cartouche chapters, the minute tracked engraved with five minutes and signed LE ROY A PARIS, blued steel hands, the twin barrel movement with verge escapement with silk suspension, vase-shaped pillars, repeat signature to back plate, quarter repeating on three bells above; and the tapering wall bracket en suite -- 30½in. (77.5cm.) high overall (2)
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