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(#38) Jacques Bulke
A GILT METAL TAMBOUR CASED HOUR STRIKING CLOCKWATCH CIRCA 1600 • movement with verge escapement, lacking balance spring, ratchet and wheel set-up, pierced Egyptian pillars, backplate signed Jacques Bulke, and with engraved decorative border, bell in the back of the case • gilt metal dial, plain chapter ring engraved with roman numerals, later blued steel hand, the centre with engraved decoration • finely pierced and engraved case diameter 56 mm | Sotheby’s
19th Century French Baroque Neo-Gothic Carved Secretaire
Magnificent carved bureau table in the Baroque Neo-Gothic style. The terraced construction of work surfaces, with two-tier drawers and a double-leaf cabinet, is crowned with a baroque cartouche with a mirror and figures of mischievous putti with grapes. They rest on a carved platform with curved legs, whose lines are entwined with winged gargoyles and snakes. The panel of the drawer of the table is completely hidden by a carved garland of flowers and a wave of a sliding board. Ribbon - acanthus borders the countertop. Strict guardians of the table are the long necks of snake birds. Curled into rings, they give the subject a special mood and historical allusions. Ribbons of acanthus encircle the tiers, where a contrasting decor of intertwined vines and flowers, panels of rose vignettes, com