BOULLE CLOCK WITH PLINTH

BOULLE CLOCK WITH PLINTH,

Régence, the dial and movement signed CAILLE A PARIS (Claude Salomon Caille, maître 1739), Paris ca. 1740.

Brown tortoiseshell, finely inlaid with brass; flowers, leaves, cartouches and decorative frieze. Bronze dial with 24 enamel cartouches for the hours and the minutes. 2 hands. Original movement with anchor escapement, striking the 1/2-hour on bell. Opulent brass mounts and applications.

45x21x128 cm.

Provenance:
- from a private collection, Suisse romande.

Ref.: H.L. Tardy, Dictionnaire des horlogers français, Paris 1974; p. 106 (biogr. information).