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Frison - BRONZE PENDULUM CLOCK ON CONSOLE WITH BOULLE DECOR LOUIS XIV. BRONZE PENDULUM CLOCK ON CONSOLE WITH BOULLE DECOR LOUIS XIV. Frison. Paris Date: Ca. 1715. Technique: Bronze, fire gilded, brass, tortoise shell, coloured horn, mother of pearl, tin, etc.. Description: The slender console on the sides with elaborate mounts with female faces in cartouches. Richly curved case shape, glazed on three sides, richly decorated with acanthus leaves, flowers and cartouches. An eagle at the bottom and a seated fama as a crown. Floral tendrils of tortoiseshell inlaid in brass on all sides, the flowers worked in engraved mother-of-pearl, coloured lacquer or engraved pewter. The dial with Roman hour cartouches and Arabic minute cartouches. Large rectangular pendulum movement with verge escapement, thread suspension and half-hour strike on an overhead bell. Measurement: Pendulum 67,5x33,5x15,5cm, plinth height 28,5cm. Mark: Inscr. back plate 'Frizon a Paris' (from 1712, Tardy p.240). Enclosed: Pendulum & key. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction. Please note that this object is made of materials, for whose export into countries outside the EU contract area a permission due to Cites regulations is necessary. We point out that such a permission is usually not given. Explanations to the Catalogue Frison Clocks