Chased and gilt bronze applique cartel (wear), decorated with drapery, acanthus leaves, lion's skin and pilasters with goat's heads, top of a vase in the antique style (missing the seed and pine cones). Circular white enamel dial (chips and hair) with Arabic and Roman numerals in black signed Brachet A Versailles (reported as well as the movement). Louis XVI period. Height : 74 cm 74 cm - Width : 36 cm - Depth : 12 cm After the model of Charles Delafosse. A preparatory drawing is kept at Waddesdon Manor. Bibliography : - Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete bronzen, vol. 1, p. 182. - Pierre Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la pendule française, éditions de l'Amateur, p. 191 fig. B for a very close model. Expert : Mr Cédric HÉNON - contact@authenticite.fr - 06 95 34 93 78