Table clock, veneered with tortoiseshell and black pearwood, and with gilt bronze moldings. Surmounted by five urns with flames

Table clock, veneered with tortoiseshell and black pearwood, with gilt bronze moldings. The clock, on gilded brass feet, is terminated at the front by a semicircular dome, decorated at the corners with gilt bronze mounts in the form of consoles and garlands. Five gilt bronze urns with flames serve as finials. The mount beneath the dial displays a cartouche on a rectangular frame, inscribed: PIOLAINE à PARIS, flanked by S-shaped volutes. Matching bracket: BK-15990-B. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-15990-A; its record gives material recorded as tortoise shell, bronze (metal), walnut (hardwood), wood (plant material), velvet (fabric weave), pear (wood), tin (metal), brass (alloy), silk, oak (wood); technique gild; measurements height 52 cm x width 32 cm x depth 15 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.