Lot 51
51
AN EARLY LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRASS, COLORED HORN, MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND TORTOISESHELL BOULLE MARQUETRY BRACKET CLOCK**
JAMES GRAFSTEIN, NEW YORK ANTIQUAIRE (LOTS 41-74)
AN EARLY LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRASS, COLORED HORN, MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND TORTOISESHELL BOULLE MARQUETRY BRACKET CLOCK**

CIRCA 1735, THE MOVEMENT SIGNED 'PALIARD BESANCON'

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AN EARLY LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRASS, COLORED HORN, MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND TORTOISESHELL BOULLE MARQUETRY BRACKET CLOCK**
CIRCA 1735, THE MOVEMENT SIGNED 'PALIARD BESANCON'
With circular dial with enamel Roman chapters, inlaid overall with floral marquetry, the movement with rectangular plates joined by back-pinned pillars, twin barrels with silk suspension and unpierced calibrated countwheel, the mounts regilt
55¾ in. (141.5 cm.) high, 19½ in. (49.5 cm.) wide

Lot Essay

A number of horlogers from the Paliard family of Besançon are recorded in the 18th century, including Claude-Antoine Paliard, who was recorded in Paris in 1747, Pierre Jean Baptiste Paliard, who married in 1732, and Jacques Paliard, who was recorded active in 1741.

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