Description
Boulle" marquetry of tortoiseshell and brass; the rich bronze decoration features an allegory of Astronomy; the door adorned with a female figure flanked by a stilt-walker; the base with satyr's head and leafy seeded base. The bronze dial features twelve enamelled cartouches indicating the hours in Roman numerals; the movement is signed "Jacq. Panier à Paris". Louis XIV period (marquetry lifting and missing; suspension modified). H: 130 - W: 53 - D: 23 cm.
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Boulle" marquetry of tortoiseshell and brass; the rich bronze decoration features an allegory of Astronomy; the door adorned with a female figure flanked by a stilt-walker; the base with satyr's head and leafy seeded base. The bronze dial features twelve enamelled cartouches indicating the hours in Roman numerals; the movement is signed "Jacq. Panier à Paris". Louis XIV period (marquetry lifting and missing; suspension modified). H: 130 - W: 53 - D: 23 cm.