Y A FRENCH LOUIS XV STYLE GILT BRASS MOUNTED BOULLE BRACKET ...

Estimate

£500 - £700

Y A FRENCH LOUIS XV STYLE GILT BRASS MOUNTED BOULLE BRACKET CLOCK THE MOVEMENT BY VINCENTI ET CIE, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19th CENTURYThe rectangular eight-day gong striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by sunburst mask bob cast pendulum incorporating Brocot type regulation to suspension, the backplate stamped with VINCENTI & CIE, MEDAILLE D'ARGENT, 1855 beneath numbers 1426 and 6 4, the 7 inch circular twelve-piece cartouche numeral dial with rosette cast centre within chapter ring with blue-on-white Roman hour numerals within rococo borders and Arabic five minutes within the outer track, with blued steel hands, the cut brass and brown shell marquetry decorated case with surmount cast as Mercury standing on a lattice-cast caddy to the concave-sided superstructure veneered with leafy scroll decoration and applied with foliate mounts to angles, over generous leaf cast arched cornice centred with a palmette, the front with brass-framed arched glazed door enclosing marquetry decorated floor and back panel to interior and incorporating cast panel featuring an eagle grappling a serpent to apron, the surround decorated with leafy scrolls within line border, the sides with recessed arched windows within leaf cast surrounds over hipped swollen base sections, on leafy scroll cast feet with foliate apron between.62cm (24.5ins) high, 28cm (11ins) wide, 16cm (6.25ins) deep.

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