507 - French Louis XV Boulle pendulum clock—Paris, ca. 1740, case stamped “FGOYER” on the back (= François Goyer, master craftsman in 1740, a renowned Parisian cabinetmaker specializing in the ebonizing and painting of cases for pendulum clocks, table clocks, and wall clocks; he also ran his own watchmaking workshop), weekly movement with half-hour and hour chimes via a striking disc to a bell mounted at the top, spindle escapement, rectangular brass plate movement signed “Jean Godde Lené AParis” (Jean Goddé, master in 1695; the movements and dials in F. Goyer’s clock cases are signed by various clockmakers), behind a glass door, a lavishly engraved bronze dial with inlaid enamel cartouches featuring blue Roman numerals and black Arabic minute markers, three blackened steel hands, a curved wooden case glazed on three sides, ebonized inside and out, very fine floral Boulle inlay of the “Deuxième Partie” style featuring brass, dark horn, and mother-of-pearl in the form of floral tendrils and leaves in the bandelwerk style, partially polychromed, rocaille feet, appliqués, decorative friezes, and a large, antique-style figure of the goddess Athena made of gilded bronze, dimensions: approx. 95 x 40 x 20.5 cm, includes all keys and 1 pendulum, some signs of age and wear, scuffs, uncovered in the upper rear section, in working order, but no guarantee of accuracy or long-term functionality, weight approx. 18.3 kg—this lot is not suitable for shipping via parcel service