Highly Collectible French Watch Stand "double L" Royal Markings- Louis XIV Period

Highly  collectible piece of history with royal french king double LL markings in triangular shape..

This original watch stand is made of wood covered in gilded, embossed leather, featuring a decorative schemes of military attributes, masks, scrolling foliage, shells, and cartouches.
The sides display attributes of love and the hunt, along with the double-L cipher of King Louis XIV.

The watch signed by clockmaker   "Bonnet in London " on display with th stand is sold separatly in our Gallery.

Height 27.5 cm, width 17 cm; suitable for an "onion" watch with a 4.2 cm dial.

Similar watch stands are in museums collections:
- one is held in the "Victoria and Albert Museum" in London (Fitzhenry donation, 1914) and illustrated in "Tardy French clocks from origins till today -3rd edition, p. 142).
-another one is identified n the " Musée des Arts Décoratifs" in Paris (inventory reference A146); it was included in the "Trompe-l'œil" exhibition held from February 12, 2012, to November 15, 2013.  Notably, this last piece bears an inscription reading "small quartel  belonging to the King and coming from the Château de Versailles."

Also to note the 2009 sale by Daguerre (Lot 187) of a similar watch stand sold for or €3,400 (expert: Derouineau).

Minor losses and areas of detached leather.