Unusual big “Temple” shape french clock with hours and half hours striking and "ciercles tournant".

Case: Belgium black marble, with four columns in red marble called “griotte”, other elements in white marble an gilt bronze "Chinoiserie" decorative elements.

Dials: it's composit by two rounding rings, the first for minutes with arabic numbers, the second for hours with roman numbers. To see the time there is a fixed hand in gilt bronze and brillants over the minutes dial.

Movement:  anchor escapement and silk suspention. Strike on bell. 8 days of charge.

Unsigned.

Period: Louis XVI.

Dimentions: circa cm 60 (height), cm 30 (diameter).

Note: Similar clocks are published on “Enciclopedie de la pendule française du moyene age au XX siècle” di Pierre Kjellberg.