Lot 467
  • 467

A Pair of Louis XVI Ormolu Clock Cases Circa 1780, one now fitted as a barometer

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • height 31 1/2 in.; width 16in.
  • (80cm; 40.6cm)
the white enamelled clock dial and movement signed Navet a Versailles, the companion barometer with a divided enamelled dial; each case surmounted by an urn-form finial hung with swags, the flanking pilasters cast with ram's heads, the sides hung with pelts above a glazed panel centered by a lion's mask and a scrolling, berried knop.

Catalogue Note

Two similar examples with variations to the finials are illustrated, Ottomeyer, Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, Vol. I, p. 182, no. 3.8.3 and 3.8.4. respectively.