Clock with cut sides and its base in Boulle marquetry of brown tortoiseshell and brass fillets forming scrolls, richly decorated with chased and gilded bronzes such as caryatids topped with fire pots, horses forming feet, acanthus, shells, scrolls, masks and figures of Venus and Urania. Circular dial with twelve white enamelled plates with Roman numerals in blue and plate signed Balthazar Martinot in Paris (lacks the crown, accidents, missing parts and lifts, modified movement). Louis XIV period. Height : 72 72 - Width : 48 - Depth : 26 cm Note : Balthazar II Martinot, son of Balthazar I Martinot, master clockmaker in Rouen. He used cases made by André-Charles Boulle and Jean-Michel Ziegler. His clientele included the Grand Dauphin, the King of Siam and the Dukes of Aumont, La Trémoille and the Prince of Rohan. Expert: Mr Cédric Hénon.