A MONUMENTAL MINTON 'HENRI DEUX' WARE COMBINATION THERMOMETER, BAROMETER, CHRONOMETER Circa 1872, inlaid uppercase MINTON mark to front, the clock movement stamped J.W. Benson, London, modelled by and signed C.(harles) Toft Of ogival cartouche form, the central thermometer suspended from a lion mask surmounted by a cockerel, the lower section with a mask of a moon goddess, flanked by a spherical clock and barometer, each supported by winged putti and surmounted by an applied foliate ornament issuing cornucopiae above cherubic masks, reserved on an inlaid ground of stylized quatrefoils, edged by bands of flowerheads and foliate scrolls 32 3/8 in. (82.3 cm.) high
A MONUMENTAL MINTON 'HENRI DEUX' WARE COMBINATION THERMOMETER, BAROMETER, CHRONOMETER Circa 1872, inlaid uppercase MINTON mark to front, the clock movement stamped J.W. Benson, London, modelled by and signed C.(harles) Toft Of ogival cartouche form, the central thermometer suspended from a lion mask surmounted by a cockerel, the lower section with a mask of a moon goddess, flanked by a spherical clock and barometer, each supported by winged putti and surmounted by an applied foliate ornament issuing cornucopiae above cherubic masks, reserved on an inlaid ground of stylized quatrefoils, edged by bands of flowerheads and foliate scrolls 32 3/8 in. (82.3 cm.) high
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