GRAND CARTEL D'APPLIQUE CLOCK MARQUETERIE BOULLE AND GILT BRONZES, FRANCE CIRCA 1870 Imposing applique clock, decorated in marqueterie à la Boulle. Ruled by feet still in full Mannerist taste, the large case of our clock rises imposingly and elegantly up to the cap surmounted by a sculpture of a trumpeter. Precious gilt bronze details enrich the uprights and pediment, centred by a minerva; bronze squares adorned with a medallion and decorations typical of the Louis XIV taste, large black cartouches for the hours, burnished steel hands, movement with hour and half-hour chime on a bell with a part-wheel system, anchor escapement with metal suspension. Watch to be overhauled, missing pendulum, winding key and front glass. H. 110 cm, W. 37 cm, D. 20 cm LARGE CARTEL D'APPLIQUE MARQUETTERIE BOULLE AND GILDED BRONZE CLOCK, FRANCE CIRCA 1870