"Large Cartel Boulle Signed Colin De Laglizier Dated 1735 Early Louis XV Period Ht 119cm Eighteenth"
Large cartel in Boulle marquetry in brown tortoiseshell and gilded brass foliage, very beautiful ornamentation of chiseled and gilded bronzes with rocaille decoration, arched legs, console decorated with mascarons and finished in fruit with seeds, it is topped with a figure of Aegina removed by Zeus changed into an eagle, pattern repeated on the bronze of the door, in good general condition of the marquetry, small accidents on the console, beautiful condition of the gilding The dial indicates the hours in Roman numerals the minutes engraved in Arabic numerals and the path of iron, it is signed Colindelagliziere in Paris on an enamel cartridge, the plate is also signed in the same way and dated 1735, the complete movement is to be revised, key and pendulum (suspension modified in the 19th century) Colin de la Gliziere has been appointed master watchmaker in Paris in 1729 Parisian work from the end of the Regency and the beginning of the Louis XV period 18th century dimensions total height 119cm the clock H 84cm length 38 X16cm the console H 35cm length 45 X23 cm