A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS-INLAID TORTOISESHELL AND EBONY 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY STRIKING PEDESTAL CLOCK
ANTOINE GAUDRON, PARIS, CIRCA 1700, THE CLOCK AFTER THE MODEL BY ANDRE-CHARLES BOULLE
The domed case surmounted by the figure of Chronos, the enamel dial with weight-driven movement, later Brocot escapement, numbered outside countwheel strike to bell, the backplate signed 'Gaudron A Paris'; on a conforming inlaid tapering pedestal terminating on later turned ebonised feet
The clock: 47 in. (119 cm.) high; 22 in. (56 cm.) wide; 10.4 in. (26.5 cm.) deep; the pedestal: 53 ¼ in. (135 cm.) high; 23 ¼ in. (59 cm.) wide; 11 in. (27.5 cm.) deep
A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS-INLAID TORTOISESHELL AND EBONY 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY STRIKING PEDESTAL CLOCK
ANTOINE GAUDRON, PARIS, CIRCA 1700, THE CLOCK AFTER THE MODEL BY ANDRE-CHARLES BOULLE
The domed case surmounted by the figure of Chronos, the enamel dial with weight-driven movement, later Brocot escapement, numbered outside countwheel strike to bell, the backplate signed 'Gaudron A Paris'; on a conforming inlaid tapering pedestal terminating on later turned ebonised feet
The clock: 47 in. (119 cm.) high; 22 in. (56 cm.) wide; 10.4 in. (26.5 cm.) deep; the pedestal: 53 ¼ in. (135 cm.) high; 23 ¼ in. (59 cm.) wide; 11 in. (27.5 cm.) deep