A French Louis XIV gilt bronze mounted ebonized religieuse, Gercelat A Grenoble, circa 1670

24.5-cm velvet covered dial, engraved chapter ring with Roman numerals and full outer minute marking, foliate gilt corner spandrels and engraved signature plate signed Gercelat A Grenoble, finely pierced and engraved hands, movement with four baluster pillars, single spring barrel with double action, verge escapement and silk suspended pendulum, outside numbered countwheel striking on a surmounted bell, ebonized moulded case with a gilt brass foliate pierced armorial cresting, hinged door with foliate pierced gilt brass mounts, burr walnut backdoor and glazed sides, moulded plinth, the whole raised on bun feet