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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 9724280, member: 8267&quot;]I am not a clock person, but I would make some observations about the character of the materials. The gilded fittings appear quite rough, and not well burnished. The back of the case also looks rough and poorly finished. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a previous thread on another boulle style mantel clock that might be helpful </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/french-tortoise-shell-clock-help.50416/#post-2246531" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/french-tortoise-shell-clock-help.50416/#post-2246531">https://www.antiquers.com/threads/french-tortoise-shell-clock-help.50416/#post-2246531</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I have found references to reproductions of boulle style clocks made in France in the 1950s -</p><p><a href="https://www.countryfrenchinteriors.com/product/mid-20th-century-french-tortoiseshell-and-bronze-boulle-mantel-clock-with-base/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.countryfrenchinteriors.com/product/mid-20th-century-french-tortoiseshell-and-bronze-boulle-mantel-clock-with-base/" rel="nofollow">https://www.countryfrenchinteriors.com/product/mid-20th-century-french-tortoiseshell-and-bronze-boulle-mantel-clock-with-base/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>From your photographs, I cannot tell where the Japy medallion is placed. Is it on the mechanism?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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