A MATCHED PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK AND BAROMETER

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A MATCHED PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU CARTEL CLOCK AND BAROMETER
Each with a white enamel, the clock dial with Roman and Arabic chapters and signed PATÉ A PARIS, with a silk-suspended movement, within a cartouche-shaped case surmounted by an urn draped with berried-laurel swags, the base flanked by espagnolette heads and acanthus leaves, above a glazed reserve with an acanthus-sheathed base and waisted leaf-and-acorn bundle, the barometer with a 19th century dial and probably originally a cartel clock
27½in. (70cm.) high, 14i. (35.5cm.) wide

Provenance

Mrs. Charlotte Ford, sold Christie's New York, 18 November 1978, lot 135.

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

Thomas Paté, horloger of the rue des Droits de l'Homme, died aged 81 in L'an XIV.

A clock of this model with dial signed CHARLES LEROY A PARIS is illustrated in G. Henriot, Bronzes et Bois Sculptés des Collections Privées, Paris, n.d. but early 20th Century, pl.6.

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