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Violin-shaped wall-mounted cartel and its console...

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Violin-shaped wall-mounted cartel and its console in brown horn veneer inlaid with brass scroll decoration, the circular dial with twelve white enamel plates with Roman numerals in blue. Richly ornamented with chased and gilded bronzes such as renown, scraps, clasps, hooves and apron. Movement signed Jean-Baptiste Duchesne in Paris, received master in 1723. Louis XV period H. 110 L. 40 D. 21 cm Accidents, misses and uprisings. With key and pendulum. A cartel of Jean-Baptiste Duchesne in marquetry of tortoiseshell and pewter is mentioned in the inventory after the death of the Duke of Bouillon in 1730.