A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK
Lot 664

A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK

GRIBELIN, PARIS, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Closed23 March 2017

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GBP 4,000

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A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK
GRIBELIN, PARIS, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The case surmounted by a trumpeting angel, the dial with signature plaque 'GRIBELIN A PARIS', the twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike to bell, signed to the backplate 'Gribelin a Paris'; together with an associated bracket
The clock 32 in. (81.4 cm.) high; 15 in. (38 cm.) wide; 6 in. (15 cm.) deep; the bracket 12 in. (30.5 cm.) high; 16 in. (40.8 cm.) wide; 7 in. (17.8 cm.) deep

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 16 April 2007, lot 527.

Specialist note

Nicolas Gribelin (1637-1700), maître 1675.