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Beautiful violin-shaped wall-mounted cartel and its console in red horn (tinted tortoiseshell) with rich ornamentation in chased and gilded bronze decorated with scrolls, consoles, ribbon bows, flowers, shells, acanthus leaves, rocaille, branches, etc., standing on four small cambered feet (small accidents and alterations). Bronze dial inlaid with enameled cartels, signed "Dechamp à Toulouse", indicating hours in Roman numerals, minutes in Arabic numerals. Complication movement striking the hours, quarters and half-hours (modified suspension, not yet overhauled).
Transition from Louis XV to Louis XVI periods.
Good condition.
Total height : 113 cm
Cartel dimensions: width 44 - height 78 - depth 18 cm
Console dimensions: width 46 - height 35 - depth 23 cm
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