A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED VERNIS MARTIN BRACKET CLOCK AND BRACKET
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED VERNIS MARTIN BRACKET CLOCK AND BRACKET

MID-18TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED VERNIS MARTIN BRACKET CLOCK AND BRACKET
MID-18TH CENTURY
CASE: the waisted case mounted overall with elaborate palm and acanthus cast mounts with additional scrolls, glazed door and on scroll feet headed by masks, originally with a further finial, with conforming bracket, redecorated, DIAL: the thirteen piece enamel dial signed GUILLEAUME GILLE A PARIS, MOVEMENT: with signed rectangular plates, outside numbered countwheel, vertical hammer and later Brocot escapement and regulation, winding key
29½ in. (75 cm.) high; 18 in. (45.7 cm.) wide; 8 in. (20.3 cm.) deep; 44 in. (111.8 cm.) high overall (2)
Provenance
Possibly acquired by Walter Hayes Burns and by descent to his daughter Viscountess Harcourt GBE, 1 Belgrave Place, London, W1, sold Christie's London (Derby House), 21 October 1943, lot 176.

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