A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-BRASS INLAID TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE' AND EBONY CLOCK ON PEDESTAL
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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-BRASS INLAID TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE' AND EBONY CLOCK ON PEDESTAL

LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed11 March 2015

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GBP 15,000

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-BRASS INLAID TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE' AND EBONY CLOCK ON PEDESTAL
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Inlaid overall with arabesque designs, the clock surmounted by chronos over a shaped case with twin barrel movement, Brocot escapement, with count wheel strike to bell, on scrolling feet, the tapering pedestal with basket-bearing angle support mounts, on a shaped foot
86 ¾ in. (220.5 cm.) high; (overall) 23 ¼ in. (59 cm.) wide; 13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) deep