A French Louis XV style brass mounted Boulle bracket clock Retailed by Black, Starr and Frost, New York, late 19th century The rectangular eight-day movement with Brocot type pendulum regulation, outside countwheel hour and half-hour strike on a coiled gong and stamped with serial number 2535, 77 to backplate, the 5.5 inch circular twelve-piece cartouche numeral dial with symmetrical strapwork scroll cast centre within chapter ring with blue-on-white Roman hour numerals within rococo borders and Arabic five minutes to outer track, the lower margin of the dial backing plate engraved with retailer's signature BLACK. STARR & FROST. NEW YORK., the engraved cut brass and brown shell marquetry decorated case with cast trumpeting cupid surmount to the concave-sided superstructure veneered with leafy scroll decoration and applied with foliate pendant mounts to angles over leaf cast arched cornice centred with a Satyr mask and terminating with scrolls, the front with brass-framed arched glazed door enclosing marquetry decorated floor and back panel to interior and incorporating cast panel featuring a pair of putti in allegorical dress to apron, the surround decorated with leafy scrolls within panel borders, the sides with rectangular windows within leaf cast surrounds over swollen base sections, on scroll cast feet with leafy apron between, 60cm (23.5ins) high. The New York jewellers Black, Starr and Frost can trace their routes back to the firm of Marquand and Paulding established in Savannah, Georgia in 1801. Isaac Marquand moved to New York in 1810 and the business developed throughout the 19th century with evolution of owners changing the name to Ball, Black and Company. The incorporation of new partners Courtland Starr and Aaron Frost in 1876 resulted in the firm becoming Black, Starr and Frost. This partnership continued until around 1929 when Gorham and Company were incorporated into the firm changing the name to Black, Starr an Frost-Gorham Incorporated. Condition report disclaimer
A French Louis XV style brass mounted Boulle bracket clock Retailed by Black, Starr and Frost, New York, late 19th century The rectangular eight-day movement with Brocot type pendulum regulation, outside countwheel hour and half-hour strike on a coiled gong and stamped with serial number 2535, 77 to backplate, the 5.5 inch circular twelve-piece cartouche numeral dial with symmetrical strapwork scroll cast centre within chapter ring with blue-on-white Roman hour numerals within rococo borders and Arabic five minutes to outer track, the lower margin of the dial backing plate engraved with retailer's signature BLACK. STARR & FROST. NEW YORK., the engraved cut brass and brown shell marquetry decorated case with cast trumpeting cupid surmount to the concave-sided superstructure veneered with leafy scroll decoration and applied with foliate pendant mounts to angles over leaf cast arched cornice centred with a Satyr mask and terminating with scrolls, the front with brass-framed arched glazed door enclosing marquetry decorated floor and back panel to interior and incorporating cast panel featuring a pair of putti in allegorical dress to apron, the surround decorated with leafy scrolls within panel borders, the sides with rectangular windows within leaf cast surrounds over swollen base sections, on scroll cast feet with leafy apron between, 60cm (23.5ins) high. The New York jewellers Black, Starr and Frost can trace their routes back to the firm of Marquand and Paulding established in Savannah, Georgia in 1801. Isaac Marquand moved to New York in 1810 and the business developed throughout the 19th century with evolution of owners changing the name to Ball, Black and Company. The incorporation of new partners Courtland Starr and Aaron Frost in 1876 resulted in the firm becoming Black, Starr and Frost. This partnership continued until around 1929 when Gorham and Company were incorporated into the firm changing the name to Black, Starr an Frost-Gorham Incorporated. Condition report disclaimer
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