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Manufactured in the Louis XVI style, both clock and barometer are encased within an ormolu case and flanked on either side by trumpet wielding cherubs, each surmounted with a patinated bronze sphere that is topped with a crown, the bases terminating in a pine cone finial.
The barometer face signed 'E. Mottheau Paris', the clock movement signed 'LEMERLE CHARPENTIER' and 'LESIEUR'.
Butler, H.E., (1900) The Paris Exhibition 1900: an illustrated record of its art, architecture and industries (London: Art Journal Office), pp. 86-7.
Maison Mottheau et fils (French, 19th Century)
c.1880
Enamel, Glass, Ormolu (Gilt Bronze), Patinated Bronze
85 cm / 33.5 inches
45 cm / 17.7 inches
3 cm / 1.2 inches
Reference:
14827
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