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Lot 870
  • 870

A Napoleon III Boulle and gilt bronze mounted bracket clock second half 19th century

Estimate
300 - 500 EUR
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Description

  • 39.5 and 28 cm. high
in Louis XIV style, the Boulle front with tortoiseshell inlaid with brass and ivory, with indistinct label 3; together with a Louis XV Boulle inlaid gilt bronze mounted  bracket, mid 18th century, label 7; inv. nos. 4-2207 and KP 4947 (2)

Provenance

Koningin Anna Paulowna, Koningin Emma, Paleis Soestdijk

Condition

The clock rather poor condition, the Boulle work distressed, stained, gilding partly rubbed and/or oxidated; the bracket in fair condition, some Boulle loose, stained, gilding rubbed and oxidated, 2 side mouldings missing.
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