A RARE FRENCH LOUIS XVI PERIOD GILT BRONZE SEDAN CLOCK WITH ALARM AND PULL REPEAT SIGNED LE COEUR L’AINE the ormolu case surmounted by a suspension ring and cast with a ribbon-tied crest, with beaded mount and laurel wreath decoration, the signed white enamelled dial with Arabic numerals and outer five minute track, with gilt pierced hands and separate alarm hand, the single train timepiece movement with silk suspension and pull repeat on a bell (pull cord and bell now lacking) with pendulum, 26cm high including suspension ring The movement is winding and ticking but not fully tested or guaranteed. Le Coeur L’aine of Paris are listed in Tardy’s Dictoinnaire des Horlogers Francais with a date of 1786.