A Neuchateloise gilt-mounted turtleshell grande sonnerie striking bracket clock with alarm, Swiss, circa 1765

Property of a Nobleman

A Neuchateloise gilt-mounted turtleshell grande sonnerie striking bracket clock with alarm, Swiss, circa 1765

10¼-inch enamel dial with central annular alarm ring, the three train movement with verge escapement and silk suspension, grande sonnerie striking the hours on a bell and the quarters on the hour bell and a smaller bell, the pull-wound alarm train acting on a smaller bell, the cadrature mounted on the backplate, the waisted case veneered throughout in red shell and with rococo scroll and flower surmount above rococo scroll mounts trellis side panels and scroll feet; together with a conforming wall bracket

Clock 89cm 35in high; Bracket 39cm 15¼in high