Lot 2 | A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED RED TORTOISESHELL AND BRASS BOULLE MARQUETRY TÊTE DE POUPÉE MANTEL CLOCK
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A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED RED TORTOISESHELL AND BRASS BOULLE MARQUETRY TÊTE DE POUPÉE MANTEL CLOCK CIRCA 1690
the ormolu dial with white enamelled reserves, the two-train eight-day movement with spring-driven going train and count-wheel striking train, signed on the backplate, Jacques Hory a Paris, contained within a case of typical form with arched cornice fitted with an ormolu border, flanked by ormolu oil lamp finials, raised on a flared rectangular base on ormolu paw feet; the whole veneered in première partie marquetry in brass and pewter on grounds of red tortoiseshell forming bellflowers, strapwork and foliate scrolls.
Jacques Hory, recorded working Faubourg St. Jacques, St. Marcel 1650.
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