A THIRD QUARTER 17TH CENTURY FRENCH TORTOISESHELL, GILT BRONZE AND EBONISED PENDULE RELIGIEUSE BY ISIDORE CHAMPION, PARIS the straight sided case surmounted by a caddy top raised on a cornice with pierced gilt fretwork to the front and sides and surmounted by two sets of flaming torch finials, the case with Corinthian pilasters to the front and glazed side panels, the velvet covered dial with silvered Roman chapter ring with numbered outer track for minutes, with a pierced scrolling mount below with central cartouche, the movement with rectangular plates united by six knopped pillars, now with anchor escapement and silk suspension (previously with verge) and with pendulum and numbered countwheel mounted on the backplate, the backplate signed 'Isidore Champion A Paris', striking on a bell mounted in the caddy top,  53cm high The movement is winding, ticking and striking but not fully tested or guaranteed. Isidore Champion is listed in Tardy, 'Dictionnaire des Horlogers Francais' as working in Paris between 1663 and 1675.  This lot is subject to CITES regulations.