A Louis XV and later gilt bronze mounted cut tortoiseshell brass veneered boulle bracket clock

A Louis XV and later gilt bronze mounted boulle bracket clock Case topped with a Chinoiserie figure holding a parasol Gilt ormolu mounts with a roaring dragon motif on the front door. Boulle decoration throughout. Two glass observation windows on the sides. Dial is a 19th-century replacement, set atop what appears to be the original dial. 18th-century minute numerals partially visible. Decorative gilt hands. Double fusee movement, likely mid-19th century. Anchor recoil escapement with shaped plates. Strikes the hours on a bell mounted to the backplate. 22 1/2in high; 11in wide. Footnotes: Provenance: Sophia, Countess of Hardwicke at Wimpole Hall and by descent to her granddraughter The Hon diana Sturt (wife of Cpt. The Hon Henry Brougham) and by descent to her daughter The Hon Eileen Brougham (wife of Col. FT Davies) and by descent to her daughter Miss Lavinia davies. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing