Lot 59
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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED GREEN-STAINED HORN CLOCK AND BAROMETER
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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED GREEN-STAINED HORN CLOCK AND BAROMETER

OF LOUIS XV STYLE, 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED GREEN-STAINED HORN CLOCK AND BAROMETER
Of Louis XV style, 19th Century
Each of banjo form, one with the circular glazed enamelled clock dial with both Roman and Arabic chapters and signed 'CAUSARD. HGR.DU ROY SUIVT. LA COUR', the other with barometer dial signed 'A. Goubert A. PARIS PAR DES MOÏENS PRÉCIS J'INDIQUE A TOUS LES YEUX LES MOINDRES MOUVEMENTS QUI SE FONT SOUS LES CIEUX', each surmounted by a two-part enamelled temperature scale within a foliate border, the case with C-scrolled and foliate edges surmounted by a cartouche and pierced C-scroll finial, the lower section with a hunting trophy mount above a fruiting foliate finial, sections of the green horn replaced
45¼ in. (115 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Bertram Wodehouse Currie (d. 1896), at either Minley Manor, Farnborough, Surrey or 1 Richmond Terrace, London and by descent.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

The Currie collection was formed by Bertram Currie between 1877-90. Divided between his four houses, Minley Manor, Coombe Warren, Bertram Wodehouse and No. 1 Richard Terrace- where Gladstone resided following the fall of his second administration- this eclectic collection embraced everything from Dresden porcelain, English portraits and clocks and Italian old masters, to the French decorative Arts of the 18th Century. Bought at such great sales as Hamilton Palace in 1882 and Blenheim Palace in 1886, as the privately printed 1909 catalogues of Coombe Warren and Richmond Terrace reveal, Currie's taste ranged from Louis XIV and Louis XVI 'Buhl, to Louis XV ormolu-mounted porcelain (including a pair of vases from Hamilton Palace) and bronzes d'ameublement.

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