Lot 35
  • 35

A large gilt-mounted tortoiseshell boulle table clock, French, movement and case associated

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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Description

  • 100cm. 3ft. 7¼in. high
7¾-inch twelve-piece enamel dial, the early 18th Century movement with five vase-turned pillars, later conversion to anchor escapement, numbered outside count wheel striking on a bell, signed on the backplate Saint Martin A Paris, sunburst pendulum, the 19th Century case surmounted by a figure of Britannia above ewer finials, caryatids and foliate mounts flanking panels of foliate inlay, supported on the backs of reclining horses on a shaped integral base with foliate feet