A Louis XIV Ormolu-Mounted Striking Bracket Clock by Etienne Le Siamois. Circa 1720
Case: inlaid overall in premiere partie with foliate scrolls and Berainesque scene, with herald finial; the front with relief cast figure in a chariot; the contre partie bracket with bearded mask to the angles and terminating in a foliate mount; the hood with very faint trace of stamp: "P.." Having a foliate cast ormolu dial with white enamel chapters and blued steel hands. The backplate of the movement, signed "Le Siamois Paris and having rectangular plates joined by five vase-shaped pillars, twin barrels, now with anchor escapement, unpierced calibrated countwheel, with striking bell.