A GILT-BRONZE TABLE CLOCK AND BAROMETER MODELLED AS A WALLACE FOUNTAIN DENLAU & BORIUS, PARIS, NO.582. CIRCA 1890

the dome supported by female figures allegorical of Simplicity, Temperence, Charity and Goodness, the case centered by dials for time and aneroid barometer, the movement with cylinder escapement and stamped DENLAU & BORIUS/FABRICANTS/PARIS.



 

Pierre Kjellberg, L'encyclopédie de la Pendule Francaise, les éditions de l'amateur, 1997, p.487, fig.C

Christie's London, Important Clocks and Marine Chronometers, 5 July 2006, lot 89

Sotheby's New York, The Joseph M. Meraux Collection of Rare and Unusual Clocks, 28 June 1993, lot 47.

Overall in good condition with the usual minor scratches, nicks, wear to gilt bronze consistent with age and use.
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