Description
A red tinted tortoiseshell veneer and chased and gilt bronze cartel of architectural form, the capital with reperced friezes and balustrades decorated with fire pots; the angles with terms and falling foliage; the door with a motif of the allegory of Time and Day and Night; turned legs with water leaves. The dial with twelve enamelled plates indicates the hours in Roman numerals and the minutes engraved on the border; the plate signed P. Des Buis in Paris. Louis XIV period (small accidents, back door missing, suspension modified). H: 60 cm
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A red tinted tortoiseshell veneer and chased and gilt bronze cartel of architectural form, the capital with reperced friezes and balustrades decorated with fire pots; the angles with terms and falling foliage; the door with a motif of the allegory of Time and Day and Night; turned legs with water leaves. The dial with twelve enamelled plates indicates the hours in Roman numerals and the minutes engraved on the border; the plate signed P. Des Buis in Paris. Louis XIV period (small accidents, back door missing, suspension modified). H: 60 cm
