Suisse ou Allemagne du Sud (?), début du XVIIIème siècle. Wall clock in polychrome metal and gold, with repoussé decoration of lambrequins, masks, birds and vases of flowers. Ring-shaped copper dial. Hands in the shape of a chimera. H. 44 cm - L. 34 cm Some accidents and missing parts. Hands and fork of the front balance replaced. The movement is contained in a case that is not visually accessible, with no guarantee of its age or functioning. Bibliography: A similar clock circa 1700, by Herzog, in Wil (canton of St. Gallen): Tardy, "La Pendule Française", 1974, part 3, p. 818, full page reproduction. Expert : BOISBAUDRY du Loic