Lot 527
  • 527

A French Louis XIV boulle inlaid bracket clock, Gribelin, late 17th century and later

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 EUR
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Description

  • height 115cm
22-cm gilt ornate relief dial with cartouche Roman numerals and shaped blued hands, a foliate pierced mount below with an eagle above an enamel plaque bearing the signature Gribelin A Paris, similar signed movement with ring turned baluster pillars, verge escapement and silk suspended pendulum, countwheel striking on a bell for the hours, passing strike for the half hours, later boulle inlaid case with bell top surmounted by a trumpeting angel and eight finials, gilt moulded arched cornice above the canted corners with herm mounts, shaped glazed front door, scrolled base raised on turned feet, together with a later ogee shaped bracket, restorations