A FRENCH ORMOLU AND JASPERWARE-MOUNTED CARTEL D'APPLIQUE
IN THE MANNER OF PIERRE GOUTHIÈRE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
CASE: surmounted by a laurel-framed cameo flanked by two cherub-masks above a rectangular enamel plaque, with bulb thermometer marked with the centigrade scale, flanked by fluted pilasters, above a further cameo surrounded by flower-filled cornucopia and a vase-shaped terminal DIAL: white enamel with Roman numerals and pierced ormolu hands MOVEMENT: twin-barrels with countwheel strike on bell, pendulum and winding key
35½ in. (90 cm.) high
A FRENCH ORMOLU AND JASPERWARE-MOUNTED CARTEL D'APPLIQUE
IN THE MANNER OF PIERRE GOUTHIÈRE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
CASE: surmounted by a laurel-framed cameo flanked by two cherub-masks above a rectangular enamel plaque, with bulb thermometer marked with the centigrade scale, flanked by fluted pilasters, above a further cameo surrounded by flower-filled cornucopia and a vase-shaped terminal DIAL: white enamel with Roman numerals and pierced ormolu hands MOVEMENT: twin-barrels with countwheel strike on bell, pendulum and winding key
35½ in. (90 cm.) high