A LARGE GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED, TORTOISESHELL AND BOULLE MARQUETRY STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK 'AUX CHEVAUX' ON WALL BRACKET

Lescure, cabinet-maker recorded working in Paris around 1910, who specialized in the 'aux chevaux' type clocks.
A related model by Lescure is illustrated in Tardy, French Clocks, Volume I, Paris, 1981, p. 157.
Related clocks are successfully sold Christie's Amsterdam, 14 February 2006, lot 648; 3 April 2007, lot 454; And 15 December 2008, lot 645.

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