A French ormolu Cartel clock and barometer
A French ormolu Cartel clock and barometer

BOURDIN, PARIS

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A French ormolu Cartel clock and barometer
Bourdin, Paris
The case in the Louis XV style cast with scrolling foliage applied with elaborate floral mounts, gilt-metal trellis frets to the sides and front, glazed bezel to the white enamel Roman and Arabic circular dial signed BOURDIN, HER DU ROI, RUE DE LA PAIX, 24 A PARIS,with blued steel hands the twin barrel movememt with anchor escapement and countwheel strike on a bell, the backplate stamped Bourdin, A Paris, 3582; the aneroid barometer in a similarily cast case with white enamel dial signed BOURDIN, RUE DE LA PAIX 28, PARIS (2)

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