An important violin-shaped wall-mounted cartel and its console in wood and European varnish known as "vernis martin", decorated with semi-florets and bunches of roses on a red background. Gilt bronze ornamentation with rose and shell decoration. White enamelled dial with Roman numerals for the hours and Arabic numerals for the minutes, minute track and gilt brass fleuron hands. Movement with wire suspension and double strike. Louis XV period. Total height: 93.5 cm. Height 71.5 cm without the console. Width : 40 cm. Depth: 13 cm Old traces of wood-eating insects. Wear and restorations. Chips to the enamel. Provenance : - Château de VILLEPREUX - LE GOUZ de SAINT SEINE family.