French Boulle Style Mantel Clock
This French Boulle style mantel clock is very nicely proportioned and is done in red tortoise shell veneers with very deocrative and detailed gilt bronze ormolu mounts. The beautiful porcelain face features Roman numerals marking the hour and the minutes are also marked by numerals. The 8-day movement has a bell strike for the hour and half hour, and the movement is stamped “ATE. LEROY CAEN.” Boulle style is done in the fashion of the famous French cabinetmaker Andre-Charles Boulle (1642 – 1732) who was a favorite of King Louis XIV.
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SKU: RHOL 1587 $1,375