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A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED ENGRAVED BRASS AND PEWTER INLAID PREMIERE-PARTIE BOULLE TORTOISESHELL PEDESTAL CLOCK
THE CASE ATTRIBUTED TO ANDRÉ-CHARLES BOULLE CIRCA 1690.
A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED ENGRAVED BRASS AND PEWTER INLAID PREMIERE-PARTIE BOULLE TORTOISESHELL PEDESTAL CLOCK THE CASE ATTRIBUTED TO ANDRÉ-CHARLES BOULLE CIRCA 1690. CASE: cushion-moulded top with globe finial, balustrade gallery, with arched glazed side panels, ormolu pilasters with Corinthian capitals to the front door, a lambrequin to the front, raised on ormolu feet, the pedestal with out-scrolling upper angles applied with foliate mounts centred by a female mask, the centre with glass lenticle and flanked by further foliate mounts and a bacchic mask, the plinth with outset tablier to the top and flowerhead mounts to the bottom, the base raised on paw feet; the case partially re-mounted, the backboard replaced DIAL: 12./12 x 9½ in. (32 x 24 cm.) matted and gilt-brass dial with chased foliate decoration to the centre and to the chapter ring, the centre with finely engraved recessed silvered disc, the chapter ring with engraved outer minutes and with enamel hour chapters, blued steel hands, with later strike/silent lever above 60, a relief cast mount below showing two cherubs on pedestals, a swag between them applied with a probably later enamel plaque signed 'Baltazar Martinot/Paris', further later decorated with polychrome enamel flower mounts, dial with some alterations MOVEMENT: weight-driven movement with dead beat escapement, maintaining power and rack strike on bell, second half 19th Century; wood rod pendulum, two lead weights, crank key, case key 90½ in. (230 cm.) high; 16./12 in. (42 cm.) deep; 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) deep