C.1750, French, Massoii, Paris, Boulle clock with tortoise shell and brass inlay with unique single spring time, qtr strike and repeat movement, with 3 bells atop case.

C.1750, French, Massoii, Paris, Boulle clock with tortoise shell and brass inlay with unique single spring time, qtr strike and repeat movement, with 3 bells atop case. Condition: This is an early example that will need major case restoration, The door lock is missing, there is tortoise shell and brass inlay missing as well as a molding on the back. A wood trim and finials on the right side of the clock are missing. The dial is xlnt with porcelain cartouches nicely intact. The movement is prominently signed on the back, and with an early tic-tac verge spanning only 3 teeth of the escape wheel, and an uncommon arrangement for taking power off the single going barrel for the strike; movement essentially complete. Height 19 inches