A Fine quality red tortoiseshell and cut brass french Boulle...

Hammer

£700

A Fine quality red tortoiseshell and cut brass french Boulle clock by japy Freres & Co with gilt bronze mounts, the red tortoiseshell waisted type case with tortoiseshell and engraved cut brass sides, front and back surmounted by a gilt ormolu finial and draping foliage mounts, the French signed and numbered mid 19th century movement chiming the hours and half hours on a bell cartouche dial with Blue Roman numerals and blued steel trefoil hands measures approx height 34cm