Lot 232

Stevenard à Bologne Sur Mer, Height 130 mm, dated 1838
A large, ornamental repeating carriage clock with hour self strike, thermometer and barometer
Case: ormolu/silvered, facet glazed sides and top. Dial: silver. Movm.: rectangular brass full plate movement, 2 barrels, 1 hammer / 1 bell, platform with club-tooth lever escapement, blued helical balance spring, screw compensation balance.
The striking cast bronze case is lavishly decorated with ivy leaves and scrolls. The chamfered edges have small alcoves with three-dimensional silver figures in period costumes and two silver composite beings with putto heads form the carrying handle. The dial is exquisitely executed and almost completely engraved with flowers and tendrils. On the right hand side sits a silvered plate with a thermometer showing centigrade (Celsius) and Reaumur, with inscriptions: Chaleur de Fiévre (fever), Bains (bath), Chambre de Malade (sickroom), Tempèrè (moderate), Glace (freezing point of water) as well as the place and date "Paris 1838". The left hand side holds a silvered plate with a barometer, the hand is missing.