Lot 104
104
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRASS-INLAID AND BROWN TORTOISESHELL BOULLE MARQUETRY BAROMETER AND THERMOMETER
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRASS-INLAID AND BROWN TORTOISESHELL BOULLE MARQUETRY BAROMETER AND THERMOMETER

ALMOST CERTAINLY MID-18TH CENTURY, THE DIAL SIGNED BY CARZATELLI

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRASS-INLAID AND BROWN TORTOISESHELL BOULLE MARQUETRY BAROMETER AND THERMOMETER
ALMOST CERTAINLY MID-18TH CENTURY, THE DIAL SIGNED BY CARZATELLI
The silvered circular dial signed 'CARZATELLI, RUE ET FABOURG ST ANTOINE A LA TOUR D'ARGENT', within an elongated shaped case inlaid with scrolling foliage and flowerheads and mounted with pierced rockwork scrolls
42 in. (107 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

This fine barometer can be attributed to Claude-Joseph Desgodets (fl.1740-76), elected maître in 1749, on the basis of an identical pair of barometers stamped by the ébéniste and sold by the Marquess of Cholmondeley, Works of Art from Houghton, Christie's London, 8 December 1994, lot 28. Established in the rue des Vieux Augustins, Desgodets specialised in clock-cases, employing leading bronziers such as Jean-Joseph de St. Germain to execute the ormolu mounts.

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