A Louis XV ormolu-mounted brass-inlaid, tortoiseshell and boulle marquetry bracket clock, on wall bracket
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A Louis XV ormolu-mounted brass-inlaid, tortoiseshell and boulle marquetry bracket clock, on wall bracket

DUPRESSOIS, PARIS, MID 18TH CENTURY

Closed4 April 2012

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EUR 4,750

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A Louis XV ormolu-mounted brass-inlaid, tortoiseshell and boulle marquetry bracket clock, on wall bracket
Dupressois, Paris, mid 18th century
The case with marquetry panel to rear door and interior floor, the cast gilt -brass dial with matted centre and white enamel Roman numerals above an enamel signature plaque signed DUPRESSOIS A PARIS, the eight day twin barrel movement with four back-pinned pillars, verge escapement with silk suspension, strike on bell, the backplate signed J ph D. Duprefsoit a Paris; pendulum, winding key and doorkey
133 cm. high