A FRENCH ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK

A FRENCH ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK

IN LOUIS XV STYLE, MID-19TH CENTURY

the brass eight day movement striking on a bell, stamped 'A. CHARTIER PARIS' to the backplate, on an enamelled dial with black Roman hour and Arabic minutes and inscribed 'Gille L'Aine, Paris', the case decorated with cut brass panels, Rococo scrolls and flowering foliage, with a pendulum

51.5cm high

Provenance

Purchased from Huggins and Horsey Ltd, 26 Beauchamp Place, Brompton Road, London on 21st October 1968, for £125.

From a Private Collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.