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A Louis XV boulle and gilt-bronze mounted bracket clock
the arched case with waisted pediment surmounted by a gilt-bronze figure of an angel with a palm frond, glazed panels to the front and sides, a relief mount to the front depicting a woman with a heron above a bacchic mask, on caryatid-headed scroll feet, the interior decorated with further brass marquetry, the foliate cast dial with individual Roman cartouche chapters, the twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell, signed on the backplate Etienne Baillon Paris -- 43in. (109cm.) high
See Colour Illustration (Plate 1)
the arched case with waisted pediment surmounted by a gilt-bronze figure of an angel with a palm frond, glazed panels to the front and sides, a relief mount to the front depicting a woman with a heron above a bacchic mask, on caryatid-headed scroll feet, the interior decorated with further brass marquetry, the foliate cast dial with individual Roman cartouche chapters, the twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell, signed on the backplate Etienne Baillon Paris -- 43in. (109cm.) high
See Colour Illustration (Plate 1)