AN UNUSUAL AUSTRIAN GILTWOOD AND GESSO WALL REGULATOR TIMEPIECE Unsigned, probably Vienna, circa 1870 The four pillar single train eight-day movement with slightly tapered backplate pierced with four keyhole slots for hanging from the case backboard and deadbeat escapement incorporating tall inverted Y-shaped pallets regulated by brass lenticular bob pendulum with ebonised wooden shaft and incorporating fine beat adjustment to crutch, the two-piece gilt on black enamel Roman numeral dial with brass edged recessed centre, pierced gilt hands and moulded brass bezel, the gilt break-arch top case with applied gesso foliate trail decoration to the cavetto cornice over floral spray infill to arch and rectangular stepped ogee moulded glazed door enclosing decorative panel to backboard, flanked by rococo scroll decorated rectangular projections capped with turned finials to both the upper and lower margins, the sides with slender rectangular windows within decorative moulded border over cavetto shaped base with floating arcaded apron and applied with rococo scrolls over fruiting leaf pendant. 122cm (48ins) high, 45cm (17.75ins) wide, 19cm (7.5ins) deep. Provenance: The Selwyn Demmy Collection.