BOULLE PENDULUM CLOCK ON PLINTH

Régence/Louis XV, Paris, ca. 1750. The dial signed J. BAPTISTE BAILLON, the movement signed J.B. BAILLON À PARIS No 2327 (Jean Baptiste Baillon, maître 1727).
Shaped case with contre-boule marquetry in brass and dyed tortoiseshell designed as flowers and tendrils. Gilt bronze mounts designed as rocailles, leaves and scrolls, and a figure of Mars as a boy. Relief-decorated bronze dial with enamel cartouches for the hours and the minutes. Movement with verge escapement, striking the 1/2-hour on bell. Dial with repair. The marquetry with large losses, restoration required. The movement may require servicing.
55x26x153 cm.