A Louis XV tortoiseshell boulle striking bracket clock, the inlaid case applied with foliate ormolu mounts, on acanthus toupie feet, glazed sides, the ogee top surmounted by an ormolu figure of Neptune, the cast dial with blue Roman enamel cartouche chapters, the border engraved with every minute, the centre cast with a Roman trophy on matted ground, blued steel hands, the twin going barrel movement now with anchor escapement, numbered outside countwheel strike on bell above, the backplate signed Macé AParis

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A Louis XV tortoiseshell boulle striking bracket clock, the inlaid case applied with foliate ormolu mounts, on acanthus toupie feet, glazed sides, the ogee top surmounted by an ormolu figure of Neptune, the cast dial with blue Roman enamel cartouche chapters, the border engraved with every minute, the centre cast with a Roman trophy on matted ground, blued steel hands, the twin going barrel movement now with anchor escapement, numbered outside countwheel strike on bell above, the backplate signed Macé AParis
45½in. (115.5cm.) high

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