Large cartel and bracket bracket, inlaid with brass and sea turtle (Chelonioidea spp) shell (pre-Convention) on a brown background, decorated with sphinxes and an amorphous bronze figure. Enameled dial with twelve white enameled parts. Key-wound mechanical movement signed "Jacques COGNIET à Paris". Composite work, 19th-century winding. Cartel: 95 x 44.5 x 23 cm - Console: 31 (without cavet) x 49.5 x 24 cm - Total H.: 126 cm. Wear to gilding, lifting, accidents and missing parts. Shell specimen of pre-Convention marine turtle Chelonioidea spp (I/A), predating June 1, 1947 and therefore in compliance with EC regulation 338/97 of 09/12/1996 art.2-Wmc. In the event of export, it is the purchaser's responsibility to check with the customs authorities of the country concerned, particularly the United States, prior to any purchase. If the animal is to be exported from the European Union, a CITES re-export permit will be required, at the expense of the future buyer.