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BY D. BUTTI & ZONEN, AMSTERDAM
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A DUTCH LOUIS XVI MAHOGANY CISTERN BAROMETER
BY D. BUTTI & ZONEN, AMSTERDAM
THE CASE OF TYPICAL FORM WITH BREAKARCH PEDIMENT WITH A CARVED URN FINIAL, ABOVE AN EGG-AND-DART AND DENTILLED FRIEZE, THE PEWTER REGISTER PLATE BEARING THE SIGNATURE D. BUTTI & ZONEN/KON. FABR. IN WEERK INSTRUMENTEN/FECIT/AMSTERDAM/VIJGENDAM 39, FLANKED BY BRASS COLUMNS HEADED BY CORINTHIAN CAPITALS, ABOVE BREAKFRONT CISTERN CARVED WITH MUSICAL TROPHIES FLANKED BY BRASS REPOUSSé ROSETTES, THE INSIDE WITH PAPER LABEL RENOVATO TUTO/VENDUTO LI G MARZO/1846/DTO BUTTI FIGLY/AMST SXS ABOVE A CARVED FIGURE CARRYING THE CASE ON HIS SHOULDERS
146CM. HIGH
BY D. BUTTI & ZONEN, AMSTERDAM
THE CASE OF TYPICAL FORM WITH BREAKARCH PEDIMENT WITH A CARVED URN FINIAL, ABOVE AN EGG-AND-DART AND DENTILLED FRIEZE, THE PEWTER REGISTER PLATE BEARING THE SIGNATURE D. BUTTI & ZONEN/KON. FABR. IN WEERK INSTRUMENTEN/FECIT/AMSTERDAM/VIJGENDAM 39, FLANKED BY BRASS COLUMNS HEADED BY CORINTHIAN CAPITALS, ABOVE BREAKFRONT CISTERN CARVED WITH MUSICAL TROPHIES FLANKED BY BRASS REPOUSSé ROSETTES, THE INSIDE WITH PAPER LABEL RENOVATO TUTO/VENDUTO LI G MARZO/1846/DTO BUTTI FIGLY/AMST SXS ABOVE A CARVED FIGURE CARRYING THE CASE ON HIS SHOULDERS
146CM. HIGH