A cartel clock with matching bracket, made c. 1730. The Boulle case is richly decorated with ormolu appliques, such as caryatides and scroll ornaments and is surmounted by a figure representing Fame. In the Boulle marquetry flowers. dancers and musicians can be seen. Below the twelve-piece dial there are the three fates, symbolising the fileuses du temps (‘spinners of the thread of life)’. The eight-day three-train movement has a going train with short pendulum and quarter striking on two bells differing in pitch. • Height: 140 cm.