Lot 5103* ♣ - ibid150 Clocks & Furniture - online only - Tuesday, 01. April 2025, 04.30 PM
BOULLE PENDULE ON PLINTH
Régence, Paris, ca. 1720, the work signed Varin à Paris du Soleil d'Or (Jean Varin, master craftsman from 1712).
Curved wooden case with brown tortoiseshell and engraved brass-inlaid Boulle marquetry in the form of tendrils, leaves, shells and garlands. Bronze mounts in the form of shells, espagnolettes, decorative heads and leaves. Figural finial in the form of a putto with an hourglass, Cupid as a door bronze. Engraved, gilt brass dial with white enamel cartouches, Roman hours. Blued hands. Movement converted to anchor escapement and half-hour strike on bell. 1 key.
45 × 22 × 119 cm.
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Conditionreport:
- pendulum suspension spring cracked <br>- some enamel cartouches with cracks<br>- Boulle marquetry with losses and loose or partially missing parts<br>- movement requires revision CHF 2 000 / 3 000 | (€ 2 060 / 3 090)
Sold for CHF 2 125 (including buyer's premium)