A FINE AND RARE MID 18TH CENTURY ITALIAN TORTOISESHELL AND GILT BRONZE QUARTER STRIKING TABLE / BRACKET CLOCK BY NICOLAUS MAGRI, PALERMOthe case with raised pad top surmounted by a scrolling brass handle and four knopped finials, flanked by a further four finials, the cornice with gilt brass repousse panels of scrolling flowers, the sides with glazed panels within ebonised mouldings, raised on a plinth base over four gilt bronze models of recumbent lions, their coats finely chiselled and their tongues sticking out, the 9" square brass dial with gilt spandrels and strike / silent lever to the top, with silvered Roman chapter ring with Arabic five minute markers, the gilt repousee centre with mock pendulum aperture and brass alarm disc, the dial signed 'Nicolaus Magri Fecit Panormi', the movement with rectangular brass plates united by four ringed and knopped pillars, with verge escapement striking the quarters on two bells, with pendulum and winder,57cm high with handle downThe movement is currently ticking but not fully tested or guaranteed.This lot is subject to CITES.