Step'n Rimbault, London, 6-tune musical bracket clock with automaton and calendar, 8 day, time, strike and music on a nest of 14 bells with large horizontal finely pinned drum, in an ebonized walnut or mahogany Georgian case with gilt caryatids to the

Step'n Rimbault, London, 6-tune musical bracket clock with automaton and calendar, 8 day, time, strike and music on a nest of 14 bells with large horizontal finely pinned drum, in an ebonized walnut or mahogany Georgian case with gilt caryatids to the front corners. The dial has a silvered Roman numeral chapter ring, indicators for strike / silent and tune names, date aperture, mock pendulum aperture and silvered ribbon with maker's signature all eclipsed in the arch by a two-level painted dinner party scene where two figures come from the wings of the scene and dance across the center, as the music plays. The music ensemble is on the upper level in the arch, c1770 Overall outstanding condition. Tunes include 3 minuets, Eugene Mars, Almande and Mars, plus the Schonoise --Studente Mars, an aria and a cotillion. Music generates a broad smile for most listeners. Played by 26 hammers. This clock came from a New England estate and has been in one house for a couple of decades. It was professionally restored maybe 30 years ago and is running and playing beautifully. Note the crisp engraving on the rear plate and cock. Rimbault is listed in G.H. Baillie's "Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World" as a London specialist in musical bracket clocks from the period 1744 - 1785. Ht 29"