Brass & Boulle Inlaid Bracket Mantle Clock

Brass & Boulle Inlaid Bracket Mantle Clock

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Brass & Boulle Inlaid Bracket Mantle Clock. Elaborate brass & tortoise shell inlaid case with bronze mounted filigree, male & female corner figures, seated horses under scrolled feet and maiden’s heads on the crest with large figural top finial and a figural Aurora & chariot mount on the front door; on as matching base with hanging drapery bronze center mounts, figural hunting scenes in the inlays and leaf decorated feet. 8 in. relief decorated brass dial has applied porcelain Roman hour numeral plaques and large blued hands; brass 8 day spring driven movement with square plates signed “Japy Freres”, has an half hour strike on bell mounted to the back of the movement. Clock case has some old restoration, most of the inlays are intact, bronze mounts are secure and in good condition, areas of the tortoise shell inlays have been filled and colored though the added color has faded, missing finials. 34 in. high x 24 in. wide x 10 in. deep.