"January Clock By Antide With Thermometer, Dated 1805"
Antide JANVIER (1751-1835) Desk clock in the style of courtroom clocks, forming a thermometer, in mahogany with gilt bronze mounts featuring interlacing patterns and star motifs, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, signed and dated 1805, eight-day movement giving the hour and half-hour. H. 42 cm W. 23 cm Around 1795, Janvier developed his clocks, often misleadingly called "courtroom clocks," the relatively abundant production of which met a certain vogue. Their cases, sometimes incorporating sphinxes or lions, were by Ferdinand Schwerdfeger 
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