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FRENCH LOUIS XV ORMOLU BOULLE BRACKET CLOCK

FRENCH LOUIS XV ORMOLU MOUNTED BOULLE BRACKET CLOCK AND BRACKET, BY JACQUES JEROME GUDIN, 29.5cm BRONZE DIAL FITTED WITH ENAMEL DIAL WITH ROMAN NUMERALS AND OUTER FIVE MINUTE DESIGNATIONS SIGNED GUDIN A. PARIS. FINE FOLIATE PIERCED HANDS, FLAT BOTTOMED MOVEMENT WITH VERGE ESCAPEMENT AND SILK SUSPENDED PENDULUM, HALF HOUR AND HOUR REPEATING ON A BELL. FINE ORMOLU CASE SURMOUNTED BY A FANTASTIC HUNT SCENE AT ITS PINNACLE. JACQUES JEROME GUDIN'S WORK CAN BE FOUND IN THE PARISIAN MUSEES DU LOUVRE, DE NATIONAL DES TECHNIQUES AND PETIT PALAIS. OTHER EXAMPLES CAN BE FOUND IN THE ROYAL COLLECTIONS AT STOCKHOLM, THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM IN SAINT PETERSBURG, CATHERINE THE GREAT'S PALACE TSARSKOE-SELO, THE NATIONAL MUSEUM AT POZNAN AND AT SCHLEISSHEM SCHLOSS. THIS OUTSTANDING TIMEPIECE MEASURES 56-1/2" (141.5cm) IN HEIGHT. VERY GOOD CONDITION. ALL ORIGINAL SAVE PENDULUM IS FROM THE 19th CENTURY.