A LOUIS XVI CARVED GILTWOOD CARTEL CLOCK BY BARBIER LE JEUNE, CIRCA 1776-1780 Of lyre form, surmounted by a flute and a quiver containing bow and arrows, the sides mounted with rams' head issuing flowering garlands, the lower body with scrolls and oak-leaf garlands, the dial inscribed Invenit & Fecit Barbier Le Jeune Reçu a L'academie, the movement with a pin-palette dead-beat escapement, knife-edge suspension, two-train striking movement, with a two-count strike and a grid-iron pendulum, the movement signed Barbier Le Jeune Paris 57 in. (144.7 cm.) high, 20 ½ in. (52 cm.) wide Provenance Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 22-23 June 1991, lot 468.
A LOUIS XVI CARVED GILTWOOD CARTEL CLOCK BY BARBIER LE JEUNE, CIRCA 1776-1780 Of lyre form, surmounted by a flute and a quiver containing bow and arrows, the sides mounted with rams' head issuing flowering garlands, the lower body with scrolls and oak-leaf garlands, the dial inscribed Invenit & Fecit Barbier Le Jeune Reçu a L'academie, the movement with a pin-palette dead-beat escapement, knife-edge suspension, two-train striking movement, with a two-count strike and a grid-iron pendulum, the movement signed Barbier Le Jeune Paris 57 in. (144.7 cm.) high, 20 ½ in. (52 cm.) wide Provenance Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 22-23 June 1991, lot 468.
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