Lot Essay
The case design is a variant of the celebrated model supplied by André-Charles Boulle to Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse and now in the Louvre.
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THE MOVEMENT LOUIS XIV, THE CASE PART LOUIS XV (MID-18TH CENTURY) AND ALTERED
Details
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRASS-INLAID EBONISED AND EBONY REGULATEUR
THE MOVEMENT LOUIS XIV, THE CASE PART LOUIS XV (MID-18TH CENTURY) AND ALTERED
The waisted case with pedestal base, the silvered chapter ring with inner calendar dial, the twin barrel movement with countwheel strike to bell
82 ¼ in. (209 cm.) high; 17 in. (44 cm.) wide; 8 in. (20.5 cm.) deep
THE MOVEMENT LOUIS XIV, THE CASE PART LOUIS XV (MID-18TH CENTURY) AND ALTERED
The waisted case with pedestal base, the silvered chapter ring with inner calendar dial, the twin barrel movement with countwheel strike to bell
82 ¼ in. (209 cm.) high; 17 in. (44 cm.) wide; 8 in. (20.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Kohn, Paris, 31 March, 2015, lot 50.
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