A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-BRASS INLAID TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE' BRACKET CLOCK
OF LOUIS XIV STYLE, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
The serpentine outshape surmounted by a winged figure over a double-headed eagle, the case with a central glazed door mounted to the base with a figure holding a cornucopia and enclosing a dial with enamel cartouches painted with Roman numeral hours and signed 'IOANNES. BIESTA/ A PARIS', the movement with countwheel strike on bell, the feet cornered with bérainesque circus figures, on a tapering bracket mounted with female masks above a berried boss, with spurious 'C couronne'
67 in. (170 cm.) high; 22 ¼ in. (56.5 cm.) wide
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-BRASS INLAID TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE' BRACKET CLOCK
OF LOUIS XIV STYLE, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
The serpentine outshape surmounted by a winged figure over a double-headed eagle, the case with a central glazed door mounted to the base with a figure holding a cornucopia and enclosing a dial with enamel cartouches painted with Roman numeral hours and signed 'IOANNES. BIESTA/ A PARIS', the movement with countwheel strike on bell, the feet cornered with bérainesque circus figures, on a tapering bracket mounted with female masks above a berried boss, with spurious 'C couronne'
67 in. (170 cm.) high; 22 ¼ in. (56.5 cm.) wide
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