PENDULE RELIGIEUSE DE LA FIN DU XVIIEME SIECLE EN MARQUETERIE BOULLE D'ETAIN, DE LAITON ET ECAILLE DE TORTUE
A good late 17th century boulle mantel clock
Baltazar Martinot, Paris
The rectangular case with arched cresting and three flambeau urn finials over long arched glazed side panels, a moulded base with drapery mount on cast feet, the 22cms arched dial with enamel Roman numerals within a cast gilt dial over a pierced mount with signature plaque, the rectangular movement with five tapering pinned pillars, verge escapement to a silk-suspended pendulum mounted in cycloidal cheeks, with numbered outside countwheel strike on a bell. Running and striking. 58cms high.
