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a louis xvi provincial parcel-gilt and green-painted barometer
The circular glazed dial with moulded bezel and paper register plate signed EDOUARD GOSME OPTICIEN 1781, surmounted by a pierced shaped garlanded cresting with an overflowing flower-basket, the channelled pierced scrolling sides above a panelled thermometer and a stiff-leaf boss, with the remains of contemporary newspaper pages to the reverse
112cm. high
The circular glazed dial with moulded bezel and paper register plate signed EDOUARD GOSME OPTICIEN 1781, surmounted by a pierced shaped garlanded cresting with an overflowing flower-basket, the channelled pierced scrolling sides above a panelled thermometer and a stiff-leaf boss, with the remains of contemporary newspaper pages to the reverse
112cm. high