1451
Louis XVI Bronze Cartel Clock & Barometer
Estimate:
$18,000 - $20,000
Passed
Live Auction
Online Only: October 3rd, 2020 l Paintings, Furniture, Decorative Arts, Cars & Fine Rugs
Category
Description
Circa 1785; clock by Jean Antoine Lepine (1720-1814), cartouche shaped bronze dore case, topped with urn and flanked by two female busts, with acanthus and berried laurel branches, white enamel metal face, signed "Lepine Hger du Roi," works engraved "Lepine Hger Du Roi Place Louis X 4 No. 2," 40 in. L. 18 in. at widest point, with barometer in matching bronze case and enamel metal dial, not Lepine, 40 in. L., 18 in. W.
Condition
Clock - lacking pendulum and back door, replaced glass, one chip on dial edge, works not tested; barometer - three chips on face edge, loose bust and acanthus moun