A Fine Louis XV Style Boulle and Tortoiseshell Inlaid Mantel Clock
FRANCE, Circa 1850
REF No. B71082
Stamped to the movement with the initial ‘F’.
dimensions
Height :33 cm | 13 in
Width :58 cm | 22⁷/₈ in
Depth :20 cm | 7⁷/₈ in
Width :58 cm | 22⁷/₈ in
Depth :20 cm | 7⁷/₈ in
description
A Fine Louis XV Style Boulle, Gilt-Bronze and Tortoiseshell Inlaid Mantel Clock.
This fine tortoiseshell inlaid clock has a circular dial with porcelain Roman numerals. The clock face is set within a drum head case flanked by scrolling volutes above a cavetto moulded breakfront plinth. The clock is finely inlaid all over with ‘boulle’ brass and tortoiseshell arabesque framed by gilt-bronze guilloche and beaded borders and raised on fronded acanthus cast feet.
This fine tortoiseshell inlaid clock has a circular dial with porcelain Roman numerals. The clock face is set within a drum head case flanked by scrolling volutes above a cavetto moulded breakfront plinth. The clock is finely inlaid all over with ‘boulle’ brass and tortoiseshell arabesque framed by gilt-bronze guilloche and beaded borders and raised on fronded acanthus cast feet.
