This outstanding Louis XV clock displays exquisite marquetry in the style of André-Charles Boulle, and features a movement crafted by Jacques Huguet, one of the premier clockmakers of the 18th century. The clock and its distinctive matching shelf are adorned with brass and ebony inlaid with stained-horn and mother-of-pearl, and mounted with flourishing ormolu decorations. A dial of cast ormolu is inset with an enamel centre and enamel plaques displaying Roman and Arabic numerals, as blued steel hands keep time. The movement has twin going barrels with a verge escapement and silk suspended pendulum. Eighteenth-century clocks of this type are extremely rare, due to the delicate surface decoration. Similar models are featured in

Width:14" x Depth:7 1/4" x Height:35 1/2"