A George III gilt bronze mounted mahogany bracket timepiece
in the French taste, the dial signed Joseph Martineau, Londonthe cast of waisted cartouche form with putto finial and acanthus and central eagle mounts, the shaped 6.75" silvered Roman dial with outer Arabic five minute track, engraved mock pendulum and date aperture, the brass single fusee movement with phoenix engraved pendulum, case key and later winder, 54.5cms high