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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRASS-INLAID, EBONISED AND TORTOISESHELL BOULLE BRACKET CLOCK of Louis XIV-style after the model by Andre-Charles Boulle with circular glazed enamel dial with both arabic and Roman numerals, the domed top surmounted by the seated figure of Minerva holding a spear above a ram's head garlanded frieze, the arched body with canted swagged angles mounted with winged caryatids and centred by a bearded, plumed mask, the interior with engraved brass-inlaid foliate arabesques in premier and contre-partie, on scrolled foliate cast feet, 19th century, the movement stamped FRFC/702 P.343

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRASS-INLAID, EBONISED AND TORTOISESHELL BOULLE BRACKET CLOCK of Louis XIV-style after the model by Andre-Charles Boulle with circular glazed enamel dial with both arabic and Roman numerals, the domed top surmounted by the seated figure of Minerva holding a spear above a ram's head garlanded frieze, the arched body with canted swagged angles mounted with winged caryatids and centred by a bearded, plumed mask, the interior with engraved brass-inlaid foliate arabesques in premier and contre-partie, on scrolled foliate cast feet, 19th century, the movement stamped FRFC/702 P.343
18½in. (47cm.) wide; 42¾in. (108.5cm.) high

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