A LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD BAROMETER

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A LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD BAROMETER
LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE DIAL SIGNED BOULET À PARIS

With circular glass dial decorated with a central patera within a crimson and royal blue foil-backed surround inscribed in gilt with barometric measurements, the beaded frame carved with anthemion surmounted by a blossoming wreath enclosing a trophy emblamatic of the Sciences-31½in. (80cm.) high, 21in. (53cm.) diameter