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CIRCA 1780
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A LOUIS XV PROVINCIAL GREEN-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT BAROMETER
Circa 1780
The panelled, waved shaft carved with acanthus C-scrolls and surmounted by a confronting C-scroll and flowerhead cresting, enclosing a rectangular dial inscribed thermomtre/de Raumur within a ribbon-tied medallion, with dates from 1708-76, the domed circular lower dial within a molded, reeded slip, above a shaped boss with confronting scrolls and central scallop-shell, indistincly inscribed with a number to the reverse
38in. (98cm.) high, 11in. (28cm.) wide
Circa 1780
The panelled, waved shaft carved with acanthus C-scrolls and surmounted by a confronting C-scroll and flowerhead cresting, enclosing a rectangular dial inscribed thermomtre/de Raumur within a ribbon-tied medallion, with dates from 1708-76, the domed circular lower dial within a molded, reeded slip, above a shaped boss with confronting scrolls and central scallop-shell, indistincly inscribed with a number to the reverse
38in. (98cm.) high, 11in. (28cm.) wide