A RÉGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL BAROMETER

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A RÉGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL BAROMETER
CIRCA 1720

With shield-shaped dial fitted with enamel weather gauges and barometric pressure scale within an acanthus-cast surround hung with drapery swags ending in tassels above a tapering shaft with enamel temperature gauge above a fruiting foliate-cast finial (restorations to enamel)-42 1/4in. (107cm.) high, 12 1/4in. (31cm.) wide, 2 1/2in. (6cm.) deep

Lot Essay

A similar barometer incorporating a clock attributed to André-Charles Boulle is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, 1986, vol. I, p. 49, fig. 1.5.3. Another example from the collection of Mary, Viscountess Rothermere, was sold in these Rooms, 16 April 1994, lot 103.