A Louis XV gilt-bronze cartel clock, Pierre Musson, Paris, circa 1760

Property of a distinguished Italian collector

A Louis XV gilt-bronze cartel clock, Pierre Musson, Paris, circa 1760

6-inch enamel dial signed Musson A Paris, finely pierced and engraved gilt hands, the similarly signed movement with flat-bottomed plates, verge escapement with silk suspension, numbered outside count wheel striking on a bell, the case cast with rococo scrolls and with floral mounts

56cm. 22in. high