A64/172
FRENCH CLOCK
France
Second French Empire (Napoleon III, 1852-1870)
Clock in Baroque style, h. 51 cm. Violin-shaped glazed case with bronze relief decorations, richly decorated with brass and tortoise-shell marquetry with floral motifs in style of André-Charles Boulle (1642-1732). On four decorative legs, door with perl ornament border and relief decoration of two cupids. Embossed brass dial, Ø 13,5 cm with black Roman numerals on white enamel cartouches for hours and engraved Arabic numerals for minutes, two winding points, two decorative hands. Pendulum in shape of flower basket, topped with a bronze figure of a putti blowing bubbles. Movement marked: "D.C 317".
Condition C.
Running well..