A LOUIS XIV PEWTER-STRUNG, TORTOISESHELL AND EBONY STRIKING RELIGIEUSE TABLE CLOCK
BALTHAZAR MARTINOT, PARIS, CIRCA 1680
Velvet-covered dial plate, engraved brass chapter ring with outer Arabic minutes, pierced and engraved hands, engraved gilt-brass hanging cartouche below signed 'Balthazar Martinout A Paris (formerly rising to reveal pendulum-starting aperture), pierced and engraved brass hands (dial mounts re-gilt); single barrel movement with later anchor escapement, calibrated countwheel strike on bell; pendulum, winding key
16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high
A LOUIS XIV PEWTER-STRUNG, TORTOISESHELL AND EBONY STRIKING RELIGIEUSE TABLE CLOCK
BALTHAZAR MARTINOT, PARIS, CIRCA 1680
Velvet-covered dial plate, engraved brass chapter ring with outer Arabic minutes, pierced and engraved hands, engraved gilt-brass hanging cartouche below signed 'Balthazar Martinout A Paris (formerly rising to reveal pendulum-starting aperture), pierced and engraved brass hands (dial mounts re-gilt); single barrel movement with later anchor escapement, calibrated countwheel strike on bell; pendulum, winding key
16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high
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