A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID FAUX-TORTOISESHELL CLOCK ON PEDESTAL
A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID FAUX-TORTOISESHELL CLOCK ON PEDESTAL

CIRCA 1710, THE CLOCK AND PEDESTAL PROBABLY ASSOCIATED

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A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID FAUX-TORTOISESHELL CLOCK ON PEDESTAL
CIRCA 1710, THE CLOCK AND PEDESTAL PROBABLY ASSOCIATED
The clock surmounted by a figure of Fame, the twin-barrel movement with later Brocot escapement and suspension, count wheel strike, the back plate signed BOUCHERET Á PARIS, the tapering pedestal centered by a female mask, the enameled chapter ring possibly an old replacement
89 in. (226 cm.) high, overall
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 25 June 1983, lot 26.
Sale room notice
A pedestal of similar design and attributed to André Charles Boulle is in the Royal Collection (inventory number 30011).

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