Beschreibung:

A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BROWN TORTOISESHELL, EBONY AND BOULLE ASTRONOMICAL AND MUSICAL GRAND REGULATEUR, ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN-PIERRE LATZ The Case: with arched cartouche-shaped top section surmounted by a figure of Cupid drawing his bow, above a lambrequin-crowned bacchic mask flanked by hissing dragons and foliate-supported putti with a flute, cymbals, a dog and a floral garland, the shaped base with further dragons and centred by a swagged figure of Psyche upon a cloudburst, the shaped sides inlaid with floral arabesques, the shaped tapering bombé trunk with a gadrooned everted rim above a foliate-inlaid frieze and a pierced floral trelliswork panel centred by a ribbon-tied musical trophy of a lyre, a trumpet and laurel-swagged musical scores, above a further later Empire lyre trophy and foliate arabesque panel within a trailing vine-leaf border, the cabochon angle mounts surmounted by further putti playing cymbals and flutes and holding a floral garland and a dog, enclosing an amaranth-lined interior, upon a domed, spreading scrolled plinth with acanthus and entrelac collar above a ribbon-tied laurel spray surmounted by a rockwork-cast C-scroll, the shaped apron mounted with scrolled acanthus, beaded C-scrolls and husk garlands between imbricated angle-mounts, upon husk-enriched lambrequin-cast cabriole legs and on gadrooned pad feet, the sides with two later rosette mounts covering the former winding-apertures for the previous musical movements formerly with a pair of candle-branches issuing from the lower dragons 94in. (239cm.) high; 25in. (63.5cm.) wide; 14¼in. (36cm.) deep The dial, movement, carrillon and organ descibed below