DESCRIPTION:
France, a late 19th century Boulle work, pendule religieuse style clock with matching bracket, the brass inlaid case on gilt feet, the base with applied foliate ornament, half caryatid corners, and gilt cornice molding, the incurved top also with acanthus mounts, and eight urn finials, shaped door, before a gilt dial plate, mounted with roman numeral, white enamel cartouches, above addorsed horn blowers and central cartouche, blued steel hands, 8 day, two train pendule de Paris movement marked "MF&F", the clock resting on a cyma reversa shaped, brass inlaid, bronze mounted bracket, matching the case
CONDITION:
dirty, brass inlay with minor lifting, two half caryatids missing, small repairs to veneer, dial good, one cartouche with minor loss, movement dirty, ticks and strikes, pendulum replaced, bracket with minor lifting of brass inlay, minor repairs to veneer, mounts dirty
ESTIMATE:
$2500
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$3500
PRICE SOLD:
$2000
CIRCA: 1870
DIMENSIONS: 24.5in x 11in x 6in
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