Lot 811 D‡α

A Régence inlaid pendulum clock

Tortoiseshell on oak veneer case inlaid with engraved brass and with ormolu mountings, glazed on three sides. Stamped brass dial with enamel cartouches for the indices and blued steel hands. 14-day running with half-hourly striking to a bell. With matching bracket. Signed to the dial and engraved to the plate Mynuel AParis. Restored, subsequent minor losses and peeling, cracks and replacements to the bronzes, the finial lacking. H 58, H with bracket 81 cm.
Paris, Louis Mynuel (master in 1720), ca. 1720 / 30.