Clock, Salles, Paris, 1710 - 1750

Clock, Salles, Paris, 1710 - 1750 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1710 - 1750. The museum's brief description reads: Clock, France 1710-1750, veneered with brass inlaid with tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl and pigmented horn, gilt brass mounts, signed `Salles a Caen', 19th century restoration.. Museum description: A spring-driven clock, in a case of oak, veneered with sheet brass inlaid with brightly-coloured flowers and foliage in tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl and coloured horn. The case is ornamented with gilt brass mounts representing the themes of Time and Love. Below the dial is a figural group with Venus clasping Cupid's bow, and at the four corner edges, draped female figures. Inward-scrolling leaves rise towards a female mask at the centre of the cresting. Behind this rises a removable pediment, in part formed by a pierced, ribbed dome of brass surmounted by a finial mount in the form of a winged figure of Time seated on a globe. The case is set at its lower corners with four further female masks and stands on four scrolling brass feet. The inside surface of the door at the back of the case is decorated with a panel of inlaid brass in the same materials as the clock case, depicting… The museum record gives material recorded as oak, mother-of-pearl, horn, gilt brass, enamel; measurements Height 117 cm; Width 50 cm; Depth 25 cm; place associated: Paris, Caen; maker recorded: Salles, Salles. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.