A French Grande Sonnerie carriage clock a la Japonaise by Achille Brocot, in the Japanese taste, circa 1890, the 50mm. silvered circular dial with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute divisions, centred by a decorative roundel with cruciform Fleur de Lys decoration, blued steel spade hands, within a hand hammered dial mask with flowering prunus branches, reeds and two quail in gilt relief, within architectural gilt brass case, the corner pillars modelled as bamboo stems, the sides conforming with front mask, roof with bevelled glass escapement viewer, eight day time, strike and grand sonnerie movement marked with Brocot's logo, conjoined AB within star and numbered 1145, 8½in. (21.6cm.) high.