Green Cartel With Chinese Louis XV Decor

Small green cartel with Chinese decorations in martin varnish, garnished with gilded chased bronzes themed with acanthus leaves, foliage and foliage. At the escapement, a gilded bronze urn in the shape of a stylized amphora. Next to a window blocked by openwork plates in gilded brass. Blackened oak body. Ringing wire movement, consisting of an enameled dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, and bearing the signature of "BAILLY L'AINE A pARIS". Signature that can be found engraved on the rear plate “Chevallier Horloger du Roy”. Early Louis XV period - mid-18th century. Movement revised and guaranteed. Joaquim Bailly, worked on rue Saint-Honoré, then rue Dauphine from 1772.