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A PAIR OF LOUIS XIV STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONY AND TORTOISESHELL VENEERED CARTEL CLOCK AND MATCHING THERMOMETER BAROMETER
19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF ANDRE CHARLES BOULLE
The clock dial with individual Roman enamel chapters on a foliate-cast chapter ring, the matted center with central engraved rosette and blued steel hands, the five vase-form pillars of the two-train movement now with anchor escapement, outside countwheel strike on bell, the backplate signed 'Ourry A Paris', the matching barometer dial with enamel plaques for 'pluvieux' 'changeant' and 'beau temps', the engraved silvered center with blued steel pointer, both cases with flaming urn finial, the square tapering shaft headed by tasselled lappets and mounted with a mercurial or alcohol thermometer, each base mounted with seated allegorical figures, the ogee plinth applied with a mask and scrolling strapwork with flowering finial (barometer tube broken)--45½in. (16cm.) high (2)
19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF ANDRE CHARLES BOULLE
The clock dial with individual Roman enamel chapters on a foliate-cast chapter ring, the matted center with central engraved rosette and blued steel hands, the five vase-form pillars of the two-train movement now with anchor escapement, outside countwheel strike on bell, the backplate signed 'Ourry A Paris', the matching barometer dial with enamel plaques for 'pluvieux' 'changeant' and 'beau temps', the engraved silvered center with blued steel pointer, both cases with flaming urn finial, the square tapering shaft headed by tasselled lappets and mounted with a mercurial or alcohol thermometer, each base mounted with seated allegorical figures, the ogee plinth applied with a mask and scrolling strapwork with flowering finial (barometer tube broken)--45½in. (16cm.) high (2)