A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS AND TORTOISESHELL-INLAID AND EBONISED 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
Lot 497

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS AND TORTOISESHELL-INLAID AND EBONISED 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK

THE MOVEMENT BY BALTHAZAR MARTINOT, PARIS, EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE CASE 19TH CENTURY

Closed23 March 2017

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GBP 6,875

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS AND TORTOISESHELL-INLAID AND EBONISED 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
THE MOVEMENT BY BALTHAZAR MARTINOT, PARIS, EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE CASE 19TH CENTURY
The case with Grecian lamp finial, the dial with white enamel chapters and signature plaque below 'Balthazar / Martinot A Paris', the twin barrel movement with later anchor escapement and countwheel strike to bell, the backplate signed 'Balthazar / Martinot A Paris'
34 in. (87 cm.) high; 19 in. (48.2 cm.) wide; 8 ½ in. (22 cm.) deep

Patrick Deguines, Paris.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 June 2004, lot 18.

Specialist note

Balthazar Martinot (L'ainé): Horloger ordinaire du Roi et du Conseil; Horloger d'Anne d'Autriche