REF NO : B71082

A Fine Louis XV Style Boulle and Tortoiseshell Inlaid Mantel Clock

France, Circa 1850

£16,000

A Fine Louis XV Style Boulle, Gilt-Bronze and Tortoiseshell Inlaid Mantel Clock. This fine tortoiseshell inlaid clock has a circular dial with porcelain...

Dimensions

Height: 33 cm (13 in)
Width: 58 cm (23 in)
Depth: 20 cm (8 in)
REF NO : B71082

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.

Date

Circa 1850

Origin

France

Medium

Boulle Marquetry

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