Louis XIV table clock

Description:
An unusually small, late Louis XIV period table clock executed in ebony and red tortoise shell inlaid with pewter and brass stringing and fitted with gilt bronze mounts. Movement striking the hours and half hours and repeating on demand. Case attributed to the Gobelins work shop.
Additional Information: clock; Dial and movement signed by Isaac Thuret, Horloger du Roi, 1684.
Category clock,timepiece
Reference Number 00111
Maker/Artist Isaac Thuret
Materials Tortoise shell; pewter; brass; bronze; gilt
Measurements 10 in
Time Period Circa 1705



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