A Louis XV gilt-bronze cartel clock, Jean Moisy, Paris, circa 1760

Property of a distinguished Italian collector

A Louis XV gilt-bronze cartel clock, Jean Moisy, Paris, circa 1760

6½-inch enamel dial signed Moisy A Paris, finely pierced and engraved gilt hands, the movement with anchor escapement and silk suspension, numbered outside count wheel striking on a bell, signed on the backplate as the dial and numbered No.279, the rococo scroll case surmounted by a bird and with floral mounts 

68cm. 26¾in. high