DATED 1772
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A LOUIS XVI CARVED IVORY HYGROMETER IN A STAINED MAHOGANY FRAME
DATED 1772
THE ENGRAVED SCALE PLATE SURMOUNTED BY A FEMALE PORTRAIT MEDALLION, FLANKED BY FINELY CARVED AND PIERCED COLUMNS, ABOVE A PAGODA ON A PLINTH BASE INSCRIBED YGROMETRE SUIVANT MR. DE REAMUR A DIC 12[?] 1772, IN A CARVED GILTWOOD FRAME MOUNTED IN A LATER STAINED MAHOGANY SHOWCASE, MINOR DAMAGES
24 CM. HIGH (THE HYGROMETER)
TOGETHER WITH A LOUIS XVI-STYLE AND LOUIS XV-STYLE THERMOMETER, EACH WITH POLYCHROME DECORATED SCALE, BOTH IN A CARVED GILTWOOD FRAME, 19TH CENTURY- 32 CM. HIGH AND 28 CM. HIGH (3)
DATED 1772
THE ENGRAVED SCALE PLATE SURMOUNTED BY A FEMALE PORTRAIT MEDALLION, FLANKED BY FINELY CARVED AND PIERCED COLUMNS, ABOVE A PAGODA ON A PLINTH BASE INSCRIBED YGROMETRE SUIVANT MR. DE REAMUR A DIC 12[?] 1772, IN A CARVED GILTWOOD FRAME MOUNTED IN A LATER STAINED MAHOGANY SHOWCASE, MINOR DAMAGES
24 CM. HIGH (THE HYGROMETER)
TOGETHER WITH A LOUIS XVI-STYLE AND LOUIS XV-STYLE THERMOMETER, EACH WITH POLYCHROME DECORATED SCALE, BOTH IN A CARVED GILTWOOD FRAME, 19TH CENTURY- 32 CM. HIGH AND 28 CM. HIGH (3)
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