Beschreibung:

Ω A French Louis XV Boulle ‘Religeuse’ table clock case Unsigned, circa 1690, the case probably attributed to the workshop of Andre Charles Boulle With 8.75 inch arched red velvet covered dial plate applied with gilt cast mount modelled as the recumbent Chronos over a foliate infill panel to lower margin, the red stained tortoiseshell and cut brass marquetry decorated case with complex ebony moulded break-arch cornice, over arch glazed door applied with raised gilt brass leaf cast bezel to the 12 by 7.5 inch arched glazed dial aperture within continuous leafy scroll and line marquetry decorated surround flanked by pilasters with cast capitals and bases, the sides with panel upstands over cornice and conforming brass bordered break-arched windows within brass line-bordered multi-panel surround, the rear with ebonised plain arched door, on inverted breakfronted complex moulded shallow skirt base incorporating gilt brass leaf cast bun feet, 46cm (18ins) high. The case of the current lot exhibits features which can be seen on other clocks of this period attributed to the workshop of Andre Charles Boulle as illustrated and discussed in Plomp, Reinier Early French Pendulum Clocks 1658-1700 Chapter 4 entitled The heyday with A.-C. Boulle, 1680-1690. Indeed the overall design of the case together with the patterns used for the ‘Chronos’ and dial surround mounts can be closely compared to that of a clock by Daniel Clavier, Paris illustrated by Plomp on page 72 (plate 128). Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites