Large Boulle marquetry cartel with tortoiseshell and brass c - Lot 208

Large Boulle marquetry cartel with tortoiseshell and brass counterparts, mother-of-pearl and stained horn. The doucine base features an ormolu Renommée brandishing a trumpet. The circular dial features blue Roman numerals on white enamel pastilles, with a radiant sun, eagle and foliage in the center. The movement is signed MYNUEL in Paris in a cartouche and engraved on the back. The mechanism features wire suspension and cycloids, a solid count wheel and baluster bridges. The lower part is embellished with an applied foliage motif. The whole resting on four acanthus scrolled feet. With key, gong and pendulum. Louis XIV period, early 18th century. 95 x 43 x 18 cm. (lifts, accidents and missing parts, many parts to be tightened, missing hammer, restorations). Note: Louis MYNUEL (ca1675/1680-1742) was one of the most renowned watchmakers of his time. The son of a goldsmith, he was born in Dieppe and settled in Paris, where he lived on rue de Harlay. In 1705, he was appointed "Marchand-Horloger Privilégié du Roi suivant la Cour". He produced the movements for some of the most famous clocks of the period, such as the magnificent "Char d'Apollon" clock belonging to the Prince de Condé, now in Fontainebleau, and the "Régulateur aux Quatre Parties du Monde" for the Elector of Cologne, now in the Wallace Collection. He also supplied clocks to King Stanislas Leszczynski, the Dukes of Luynes, Villars and Mortemart, as well as to Cardinal de Gesvres and the courts of Parma and Sweden.