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A Louis XV ebonised and ormolu mounted balloon-shaped bracket clock
the circular dial with white enamel Roman and Arabic chapters, the centre signed CLES BEAUVILLAIN A PARIS and applied with gilt brass pierced and chased foliate scrolling pointers, the mounts to the glazed door and case cast overall with rocaille ornament, with glazed panels to the sides, the twin barrel movement with verge escapement, silk suspension and countwheel strike on a bell, with pendulum and associated key, on the original bracket
the clock -- 34½in. (87.5cm.) high, the bracket -- 15in. (38cm.) high
the circular dial with white enamel Roman and Arabic chapters, the centre signed CLES BEAUVILLAIN A PARIS and applied with gilt brass pierced and chased foliate scrolling pointers, the mounts to the glazed door and case cast overall with rocaille ornament, with glazed panels to the sides, the twin barrel movement with verge escapement, silk suspension and countwheel strike on a bell, with pendulum and associated key, on the original bracket
the clock -- 34½in. (87.5cm.) high, the bracket -- 15in. (38cm.) high
