A TRANSITIONAL GILTWOOD CARTEL CLOCK/THERMOMETER AND MATCHING BAROMETER, each with oval glazed dial, the clock with both Arabic and Roman numerals and later movement stamped BORDIER H. GLP A PARIS, within a pierced milles-raies channelled lyre-shaped frame surmounted by a lion-mask and spreading beaded stem enclosing a thermometer, one thermometer inscribed Paris 1740 and with various further inscriptions, the cresting surmounted by a trophy emblematic of science upon an egg-and-dart moulded breakfront cornice flanked by pierced, scrolled acanthus and above a scrolled acanthus boss, late 18th Century

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A TRANSITIONAL GILTWOOD CARTEL CLOCK/THERMOMETER AND MATCHING BAROMETER, each with oval glazed dial, the clock with both Arabic and Roman numerals and later movement stamped BORDIER H. GLP A PARIS, within a pierced milles-raies channelled lyre-shaped frame surmounted by a lion-mask and spreading beaded stem enclosing a thermometer, one thermometer inscribed Paris 1740 and with various further inscriptions, the cresting surmounted by a trophy emblematic of science upon an egg-and-dart moulded breakfront cornice flanked by pierced, scrolled acanthus and above a scrolled acanthus boss, late 18th Century
20in. (51cm.) wide; 53½in. (161.5cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

Their lyre-shaped frames, designed in the Louis XVI 'antique' manner, celebrate the Triumph of the Arts and Sciences. Acanthus-bud brackets support oval-medallion cases, while the pilaster-stems, embellished with festive bacchic lion-masks, support laurel-enriched trophies with globes, compasses etc.

A closely related barometer and thermometer was sold from the collection of Mr and Mrs. Franklin N. Groves, Christie's New York, 15 October 1988, lot 27

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