SIGNED BONDY, POSSIBLY TURIN, CIRCA 1800
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A LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD AND CREAM-PAINTED BAROMETER, THERMOMETER AND HYDROMETER
Signed Bondy, possibly Turin, circa 1800
With lion's head above a matted and shaped reserve set with a sunburst surmounting the cream-painted oblong face set with three labelled and marked scales, Hygromtre, Baromtre, and Thermomtre, above a scientific trophy and a crescent moon with human face in a round matted reserve within a husk surround wrapped with acanthus leaves, the sides with trailing berried husks and flowers, the backplate dial signed Fait par Bondy, Fabricant des Instruments de Mtorologie pour l'acadmie de sciences et pour l'universit de Turin
58in. (156cm.) high, 11in. (29cm.) wide
Signed Bondy, possibly Turin, circa 1800
With lion's head above a matted and shaped reserve set with a sunburst surmounting the cream-painted oblong face set with three labelled and marked scales, Hygromtre, Baromtre, and Thermomtre, above a scientific trophy and a crescent moon with human face in a round matted reserve within a husk surround wrapped with acanthus leaves, the sides with trailing berried husks and flowers, the backplate dial signed Fait par Bondy, Fabricant des Instruments de Mtorologie pour l'acadmie de sciences et pour l'universit de Turin
58in. (156cm.) high, 11in. (29cm.) wide