A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK
THE CASE BY LEONARD BOUDIN, THE MOVEMENT SIGNED DE HEMANT, PARIS, CIRCA 1760, THE MOUNTS 19TH CENTURY
The case of serpentine outline, signed 'L. Boudin', the dial with moon phase, calendar aperture, secondary ring and opening 'Bissextile', the two train movement with adaptations and losses, dead-beat escapement, rope drive and countwheel strike to bell, the lower section of the plate signed 'DEHEMANT A PARIS'
92 ½ in. (235 cm.) high; 26 in. (66 cm.) wide; 13 in. (33 cm.) deep
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK
THE CASE BY LEONARD BOUDIN, THE MOVEMENT SIGNED DE HEMANT, PARIS, CIRCA 1760, THE MOUNTS 19TH CENTURY
The case of serpentine outline, signed 'L. Boudin', the dial with moon phase, calendar aperture, secondary ring and opening 'Bissextile', the two train movement with adaptations and losses, dead-beat escapement, rope drive and countwheel strike to bell, the lower section of the plate signed 'DEHEMANT A PARIS'
92 ½ in. (235 cm.) high; 26 in. (66 cm.) wide; 13 in. (33 cm.) deep