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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 284895, member: 56&quot;]af will probably want a look at the movement.&nbsp; If it&#039;s original, that will be a very telling point.</p><p><br /></p><p>Boulle was made by sandwiching plates of brass and tortoiseshell and then cutting a pattern through both simultaneously.&nbsp; The bits are then re-arranged.&nbsp; A tortoiseshell ground with brass inlay is called &quot;premier partie&quot;, but the process also produced parts for a brass ground with tortoiseshell inlay that was known as &quot;contre partie&quot;.&nbsp; It looks like yours is primarily contra partie.&nbsp; Makes you wonder if there&#039;s a premier partie version of the same clock.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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