REGENCY PERIOD CARTEL AND BRACKET, CIRCA 1720 In tortoiseshell veneer, decorated with chased and gilded bronze, the top adorned with a cockerel and Jupiter facing the Aurora, flanked by two sphinxes, the dial signed "N. DELAUNAY/A PARIS", Roman numerals for the hours on enamelled plates, Arabic numerals for the minutes engraved on the circumference of the dial, the movement signed "AParis/Nicolas Delaunay", above a bas-relief representing Jupiter holding a lyre and Hercules, resting on four arched horses, the console with five uprights surmounted by a volute, rosettes and foliage falls, resting on a four-sided base finished with a seed;restorations to the veneer. H.:133 cm (52 ¼ in.) l.:58 cm (22 ¾ in.) P.:22 cm (8 ½ in.) Nicolas Delaunay (died before 1738) mentioned as a watchmaker as early as 1709. Provenance : Former Akram Ojjeh collection (1918-1991) ; Christie's Monaco sale, December 11-12, 1999, lot 18 ; Former Djahanguir Riahi collection (1914-2014). A Regence ormolu-mounted and tortoiseshell cartel and its wall-bracket, circa 1720, the dial and the movement signed by Nicolas Delaunay. * Information for buyers: When leaving the EU, a CITES re-export certificate may be required, at the expense of the future buyer. * Information to buyers: For an exit from the EU, a CITES re-export certificate will be necessary, at the buyer's expense. A drawing of a cartel by André-Charles Boulle, close to this model, also featuring sphinges emerging from the body, is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel et al, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, Vol. I, p.42, fig. 1.3.1. A cartel of a different model, whose case rests on horse-shaped legs identical to those on ours, the movement signed by Nicolas Delaunay, is preserved in the collections of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague. Another cartel by Nicolas Delaunay was sold at Christie's New York on October 15, 1988, lot 30, with a base similar to that of our cartel.