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A giltwood and gesso barometer
the elaborately carved case with a cresting of billing doves within a floral wreath, with fruiting cornucopiae and leafy swags to the sides and lanceolate leaf terminal, the white enamel dial within an ormolu bezel and with visible movement to the centre, plaque signed Invenit CHEVALLIER Membre de l'Athenée des Arts, with alcohol thermometer within beaded border to the trunk below, French, early 19th century -- 45in. (115cm.) high
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the elaborately carved case with a cresting of billing doves within a floral wreath, with fruiting cornucopiae and leafy swags to the sides and lanceolate leaf terminal, the white enamel dial within an ormolu bezel and with visible movement to the centre, plaque signed Invenit CHEVALLIER Membre de l'Athenée des Arts, with alcohol thermometer within beaded border to the trunk below, French, early 19th century -- 45in. (115cm.) high
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