An Ormolu Bronze Cartel Clock “Jn. Baptiste Baillon”

moulded solid spring-driven movement, power reserve: 1 week, lever escapement, half-hour count wheel striking mechanism on bell, enamel dial with blue Roman numerals and golden lilies, engraved gilt hands, glazed floral ornamented bronze bezel, heavy fire-gilt bronze clock case with garland of flowers and bird of prey, glazed pendulum window, 67 cm, France c. 1750, signs of age and use, no warranty for precision of movement and long-term functioning, 1 supplemented pendulum, (HP)
Jean-Baptiste-Albert Baillon, Paris, 1727-72, important French watchmaking dynasty, supplier to Queen Marie Leczinska and Mme Pompadour, watchmaker and first valet-de-chambre de la dauphine Marie Antoinette, cf. Musées du Cinquantenaire à Bruxelle, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris