Large Boulle marquetry cartel in tortoiseshell and brass. Th - Lot 267

Large Boulle marquetry cartel in tortoiseshell and brass. The base features a gilded bronze Neptune seated on a wooden sphere, flanked by vases, with centaur uprights. The circular dial features blue Roman numeral hours on white enameled pastilles, with a central Roman profile, griffins and squirrels, signed GOSSELIN in Paris in an enameled cartouche, underlined at the bottom by an allegory with a chariot. The whole rests on four toupie feet surmounted by acanthus scrolls. Movement signed GOSSELIN in Paris. With stamp, key and pendulum. Louis XIV style, late 18th century. 69 x 36 x 16 cm. (restorations, elements to be refixed including a side window, bronze elements).