Bracket clock of gilded and chased bronze

Lower part of the bracket clock of gilded and chased bronze. The bracket, in the shape of an equilateral triangle, displays openwork, asymmetrical rocaille motifs. The clock is decorated in a similar fashion and rests on diagonally placed C-shaped legs, which carry S-shaped foliate volutes on the front supporting the circular dial. The crowning element is a crowing cock and a sun shining through clouds. The sides have openwork diamond-shaped fillings. On the bracket, the crowned C control mark. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12289-2; its record gives material recorded as gilding (material), bronze (metal), brass (alloy); technique gild; measurements height 69 cm x width 27.5 cm x depth 15 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.