Tim Saltwell Antiques has dated this piece to the 1860s.
?A Napoleon III cut brass inlaid red tortoiseshell mantel clock in the Louis XIV style. The red tortoiseshell and cut brass inlaid case surmounted by a seated putti, the sunburst pendulum visible through the glazed door opening to gilt dial with enamel Roman numeral tablets, the inside of the rear door & floor finely inlaid. The eight day Japy Freres movement, numbered 544, rack striking the hour & half hour on a bell. The whole dressed with gilt bronze mounts. Oval stamp to movement 'Japy Fréres et cie Exposition 1855 Grande Med. D'Honeur'.
Height 19 3/4" (50cm)
Width 9 1/4" (23.5cm)
Depth 5 1/2" (14cm)
Circa 1860
French
Tim Saltwell Antiques has dated this piece to the 1860s.
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Antique Louis XIV Style Boulle Clock with Japy Fréres Movement
