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A large mid 18th century red tortoiseshell and ormolu bracket clock engraved Montjoy, Paris The dial and movement signed, surmounted by a boldly cast open foliate finial over a waisted case on scroll feet, on the original concave-sided wall bracket inlaid all over with red tortoiseshell veneer and ormolu mounts, the 10.25 inch cast gilt dial with applied Arabic five minute divisions framing the larger Roman numerals and solid circular centre, with blued-steel hands, the spring driven movement with square plates united by four pinned tapering pillars, with pendulum and outside countwheel striking on the bell set above. 107cms (42ins)high (4) Fußnoten A similar red tortoiseshell model can be found in Encyclopedie de la Pendule Francaise: du Moyen Age au XXe Siecle by Pierre Kjellberg, p.76.