A Louis XIV ormolu-mounted brass and tortoiseshell bracket clock, By Jerôme Martinot, Paris, ca. 1700, The case decorated throughout with inlaid brass foliate ornaments, mounted with bronze scrolls, a central mask and the figures of Venus and Cupid, the dome surmounted by a bronze figure of Fame, the brass dial with enamel chapters and Roman numerals, the back plate signed 'Jerôme Martinot A Paris', the original square French mechanism with verge escapement altered to Brocot, striking once on the half hour and the whole hour in full on a single bell. 90 x 41 x 19 cm,