A fine late 17th century French 'contra-partie' brass inlaid clock of long duration Daniel Clavier, Paris The case possibly attributable to Andre Charles Boulle and decorated allover with cut brass over tortoiseshell and silvered inlay in the 'contra-partie' technique, the arched cresting flanked by a pair of pedestals and surmounted by three swagged urn flambe finials, the long door with a beaded bezel over a shaped drapery cartouche flowing over the base between the cast ball feet, the sides set with arched windows framed by seven geometric panels of tortoiseshell within silvered line borders, the arched black velvet-covered dial with silvered Roman chapter ring with each minute hand engraved to the edge, with good pierced and engraved gilt hands, set over an applied Baroque style signature plaque centred by a female mask, the rectangular plates united by five pillars (four vase-shaped in brass and one facetted steel) pinned through the backplate, with verge escapement to a light pendulum with lenticular bob suspended on silk between cycloidal cheeks, the strike train with numbered outside countwheel, decorative steel stopwork, striking the hours and the half-hours on the bell above, signed in a flowing script to the lower edge Daniel Clavier a Paris. Ticking and striking, together with a winding key and door key. 58cms (22.5ins) high. Footnotes: Daniel Clavier is recorded as working in La Cite, Paris from 1679 until 1685. His neighbours included Pierre Du Chesne, Samuel Panier, Joseph Baronneau, Isaac-Paul Du Hamel, Pierre Gaudron, Pierre Langlois and the Martinot family - many of them clients of Andre Charles Boulle. Another clock by him is illustrated in Plomp, 'Early French Pendulum Clocks' figure 128. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com