An Impressive Louis Xv Style Gilt Brass Mounted Boulle - Sep 20, 2016 | Dreweatts Donnington Priory In United Kingdom
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An impressive Louis XV style gilt brass mounted Boulle
An impressive Louis XV style gilt brass mounted Boulle
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An impressive Louis XV style gilt brass mounted Boulle bracket clock The dial signed for Henry Bright, Paris, mid to late 19th century The two train outside countwheel bell striking movement with rectangular plates united by four cylindrical pillars pinned through the backplate, the going train with anchor escapement regulated by pendulum with decorative sunburst mask cast bob, the backplate stamped with VINCENTI & CIE, MADAILLE D ARGENT, 1855 roundel, the 10 inch circular twenty-five piece cartouche numeral dial with convex white enamel centre inscribed HENRY BRIGHT, PARIS within chapter ring with blue-on-white Roman hour numerals within rococo borders and conforming black Arabic five minutes to outer track, with pierced steel hands, the engraved cut brass and red shell marquetry veneered waisted case with surmount cast as Chronos seated on a sphere applied to a concave-sided superstructure decorated with foliate scrolls flanked by leaf cast mounts to the angles, the front with rococo scroll cast crest over leafy gilt brass-framed arch-glazed door enclosing marquetry veneered inside surface to the rear door and incorporating cast panel featuring a Ho-Ho bird within rococo scrolls to lower edge, the surround decorated with leafy scrolls within line border, the sides with tall recessed arch windows between marquetry panel veneered upper and lower margins, on generous scroll cast feet with cartouche apron between; with a wall bracket en suite of ogee outline with applied leaf cast mount to edge of the table over conforming cut brass and red shell stylised foliate marquetry veneers to front and sides interrupted by rococo scroll cast mounts applied to angles, the base with further conforming mount, the clock 91.5cm (36ins) high; the clock and wall bracket 128.5cm (50.5ins) high overall.
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An impressive Louis XV style gilt brass mounted Boulle

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