A VERY RARE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH 400-DAY DURATION FOUR-GLASS MANTEL CLOCK WITH POWER RESERVE INDICATION AND ANEROID BAROMETER, MADE FOR THE RUSSIAN MARKETThe case with moulded cornice over four heavily bevelled glass panels and a conforming base, the 4.5 inch enamel two-part Roman dial with matching hands and recessed centre with running seconds and state of wind subsidiary dial graduated in five day increments up to 400 days, together with the instruction to 'wind up' at the end of the 400 day period, the spring barrel movement with an 'equipoise' pendulum mounted above and clearly visible between the clock and the enamel barometer dial signed with seven weather predictions and a scale ranging from 25 to 31 inches. 38cm high (14 1/2 in)Footnotes:Comparative literature: Roberts: Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks, Schiffer, Figure 9-23 which shows an identical dial, dated to circa 1885.A similar model was sold in the Joseph M Meraux Collection of Rare and Unusual Clocks, Sotheby's New York, June 1993, lot 64.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A very rare rock crystal, silver, corallium rubrum, black and red lacquer, Demi-Mystery BarometerCartier, 1930The twelve-sided transparent 3 inch dial entitled 'Atmospheric Pressure relative to Sea Level' and showing pressure in tenths of an inch from 28 to 31 inches via an arrow shaped hand connected with a chain running to the bellows in the base, with recording hand moved via a cabochon corallium rubrum central button, the six weather predictions comprising:Very Dry and Still,Fair and Calm,Unsettled,Wind and Rain,Much Rain and Wind,and Very Stormy.framed within a red and black lacquer bezel, mounted on a fluted rock crystal column and stepped black and red lacquered silvered socle.Footnotes:Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Cartier, dated 18 June 2008.Provenance: A European Private Collection.This barometer follows the style of the second mystery clock model produced by Cartier, wherein a single axle runs up the main shaft. These models were often made up of onyx bases and hexagonal dials decorated with red lacquer, enamel, coral, or turquoise.Cartier barometers are very rare and this is perhaps the only demi-mystery barometer produced by Cartier.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: YY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An early 19th century mahogany '5 dial' wheel barometer, the broken swan neck pediment above a dry/damp dial, over a therometer, above a small convex mirror, over the principle silvered dial, the spirit level dial below signed 'L. Gianna Salop', damaged, 121cm high, together with a late Victorian carved oak aneroid wheel barometer, with a thermometer above a 7.5" dial inscribed with the retailer 'G.J.H. Brown and sons, Chester', 86cm high (2)
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