A LOUIS XV PERIOD CARTEL AND WALL BRACKET Stamped by Nicolas-Pierre Severin In European varnish with polychrome floral decoration on a green background, chased and gilded bronze ornamentation, the white enamelled dial signed "CAUSARD HGR DU ROY / SUIVT LA COUR", stamped NP SEVERIN on the bracket. H. 98 cm (38 ½ in.) l. 38 cm (15 in.) Nicolas-Pierre Severin, master in 1757 Provenance : Sale in Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Piasa, 9 February 2001. A Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted and japanned cartel and its wall-bracket, the case stamped by Nicolas Pierre Severin