REF NO : B64761

A Louis XIV Style Tortoiseshell Clock and Barometer Set

Circa 1840

£85,000

A Rare and Exceptional Louis XIV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Tortoiseshell Clock and Barometer Set, in the manner of André-Charles Boulle. The model...

Dimensions

Height: 107 cm (43 in)
Width: 26 cm (11 in)
Depth: 16 cm (7 in)
REF NO : B64761

Description

A Rare and Exceptional Louis XIV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Tortoiseshell Clock and Barometer Set, in the manner of André-Charles Boulle.

The model for this fine set almost definitely comes from the atelier of André-Charles Boulle, and after the work of Jean Berain and Gilles–Marie Oppenordt. In 1775, five similar examples were documented. Of these, one is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum collection in London (Reference O224261), and another is in the musée des Arts et Metiers in Paris (Reference 05611-0000).

Date

Circa 1840

Medium

Gilt-Bronze

Signature

Each with a plaque bearing the signature 'Gaudron a Paris' | serial no. '1854' and the barometer further signed 'Cazartelli selon Teoricelli'.

Literature

Ottomeyer, Hans and Proschel, Peter (1986), Vergoldete Bronzen, Vol II, Munich; p.48, fig. 1.5.2. Also, p.49, Fig. 1.5.4 for a related barometer.

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