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French Gilt Bronze and Blue and White Jasperware Clock and Barometer Set

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A fine quality clock and barometer set by Carcany and Robin, after models on exhibition in the Louvre Museum, Paris. In the Louis XVI manner, of banjo form, the cases being in crisply cast bronze, with ormolu gilding, with Wedgwood type jasperware plaques having designs by John Flaxman within neoclassical frames dressed with addorsed gryphons; the putti capped columns representative of zephyrs above the stiff leaf framed circular dials house Reamur mercury thermometers; the surmounts being laurel wreaths, and the lower parts having a triangular pendant of foliate form with inverted pineapples: draped swags adorn the cases; the barometer of aneroid type, with the climate gradations betwixt ‘Very Dry’ and ‘Tempest’; the dial signed ‘Carcany’ above a fleur-de lys: the clock having an eight day striking Marti movement, with a lever platform escapement, signed ‘Robin’, the hours and minutes delineated in Arabic numerals, enamelled on a porcelain face, France, circa 1875 Originals from the 18th century are to be seen in the Louvre, and the the Museé Nissim de Camonda, near the Parc Monceau, Paris
  • Creator:
    Carcany & Robin (Clockmaker)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 35 in (88.9 cm)Width: 10 in (25.4 cm)Depth: 4 in (10.16 cm)
  • Sold As:
    Set of 2
  • Style:
    Louis XVI (In the Style Of)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1875
  • Condition:
    Repaired: Each item has undergone careful inspection and restoration by a conservation specialist in order to guarantee the original quality and integrity of the object. Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 73531stDibs: LU95472336612

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