A Louis XVI-style ormolu, jasperware and polished steel cartel clock with calendar and en suite barometer with thermometer

BY FOREST, PARIS, CIRCA 1890

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A Louis XVI-style ormolu, jasperware and polished steel cartel clock with calendar and en suite barometer with thermometer
By Forest, Paris, Circa 1890
Each surmounted by a ribbon-tied oval inset with a green jasperware plaque depicting a pair of Bacchic putti, above the circular case hung with fruit and foliate pendants, the flower-painted enamel dial signed Forest/A Paris, the twin-train movement stamped E. THOMAS/PARIS, the tapering lower section headed with a laurel festoon, above an inset foliate-engraved steel plate, on the clock inset with dials for calendar and Moon phases, and on the barometer with a mercury thermometer, the rectangular base with an acanthus and pine-cone terminal
42in. (107.2cm.) high; 12in. (30.5cm.) wide
Forest (2)

Lot Essay

Ledoux-Lebard records Forest as having premises at 14, rue Pierre-Picard in 1883. The furniture and objects produced by the Maison Forest are known for their high quality metalwork, as demonstrated in this fine Louis XVI style clock and barometer suite.

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