Lot 5002 ♣ - ibid146 Furniture - online only - Tuesday, 24. September 2024, 10.00 AM
BOULLE CLOCK ON PLINTH
Régence, France, ca. 1720/30. The dial and movement signed Braillard à Versaille.
Curved case with brown underlaid tortoiseshell and engraved brass inlaid with garlands and foliate scrolls. Bronze mounts designed as leaves, shells and espagnolettes, as well as a figure of Zeus as a boy on top. Bronze door with an angel of victory (probably replaced). Brass relief dial with white enamel cartouches. Movement with verge escapement and half-hour strike on bell; with alarm mechanism, alarm disk missing.
38 × 18 × 100 cm.
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CHF 1 500 / 2 000 | (€ 1 550 / 2 060)
Sold for CHF 1 500 (including buyer’s premium)
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