A fine Louis XVI style Sevres porcelain inset ormolu cartel clock and matching aneroid barometer en suite Bearing signatures for Martinout, Paris and Passemant, au Louvre, circa 1870 The clock with circular eight-day two train bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by disc bob pendulum incorporating Brocot type regulation to suspension, the backplate stamped with S. Marti et Cie, MEDAILLE DE BRONZE roundel over number 7 2, to the lower edge and A.C roundel over further number 2671 to left hand margin, the 6.5 inch convex white enamel Roman numeral dial inscribed Martinout, AParis to centre and with Arabic five minutes to outer track, with scroll pierced and engraved brass hands set behind bayonet fitted convex glazed repeating acanthus cast bezel, the case with finely painted oval porcelain panel of a cherub in flight holding a barometer within decorative gilt and blue ground border, and cast surround modelled as ribbon tied vine stems issuing fruiting sprays draped around the guilloche scroll bordered dial, the base with inverted break-arch panel incorporating curved gadroon cast upper border and inset with a panel with a another cherub with a globe and surveyor s instruments within conforming blue ground border and fine repeating lappet leaf cast surround terminating with inverted acanthus leaf crest and pineapple pendant finial; the barometer with concealed aneroid mechanism and circular convex white enamel register inscribed PASSEMANT, AU LOUVRE to centre within concentric scale calibrated in barometric inches and with weather observations in French to outer track, with blued steel pointer set behind convex glass fitted with a central brass recording hand, the case matching that of the clock with the upper porcelain panel similarly painted with a cherub in flight holding a telescope and the lower with another observing a globe, each 67.5cm, (26.5ins) high. A cartel clock and matching aneroid barometer of the same pattern as the current lot (but this time with the clock inscribed for Louis Montjoye, Paris) were sold at Christies New York sale of The Alexander Collection:French Furniture, Boxes & Porcelain 30 th April 1999 (lot 178) for a premium inclusive $51,750.
A fine Louis XVI style Sevres porcelain inset ormolu cartel clock and matching aneroid barometer en suite Bearing signatures for Martinout, Paris and Passemant, au Louvre, circa 1870 The clock with circular eight-day two train bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by disc bob pendulum incorporating Brocot type regulation to suspension, the backplate stamped with S. Marti et Cie, MEDAILLE DE BRONZE roundel over number 7 2, to the lower edge and A.C roundel over further number 2671 to left hand margin, the 6.5 inch convex white enamel Roman numeral dial inscribed Martinout, AParis to centre and with Arabic five minutes to outer track, with scroll pierced and engraved brass hands set behind bayonet fitted convex glazed repeating acanthus cast bezel, the case with finely painted oval porcelain panel of a cherub in flight holding a barometer within decorative gilt and blue ground border, and cast surround modelled as ribbon tied vine stems issuing fruiting sprays draped around the guilloche scroll bordered dial, the base with inverted break-arch panel incorporating curved gadroon cast upper border and inset with a panel with a another cherub with a globe and surveyor s instruments within conforming blue ground border and fine repeating lappet leaf cast surround terminating with inverted acanthus leaf crest and pineapple pendant finial; the barometer with concealed aneroid mechanism and circular convex white enamel register inscribed PASSEMANT, AU LOUVRE to centre within concentric scale calibrated in barometric inches and with weather observations in French to outer track, with blued steel pointer set behind convex glass fitted with a central brass recording hand, the case matching that of the clock with the upper porcelain panel similarly painted with a cherub in flight holding a telescope and the lower with another observing a globe, each 67.5cm, (26.5ins) high. A cartel clock and matching aneroid barometer of the same pattern as the current lot (but this time with the clock inscribed for Louis Montjoye, Paris) were sold at Christies New York sale of The Alexander Collection:French Furniture, Boxes & Porcelain 30 th April 1999 (lot 178) for a premium inclusive $51,750.
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