Lot 9
9
A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED RED-TORTOISESHELL BAROMETER AND MATCHING THERMOMETER, the arched rectangular panelled shaft with later movement by GARDNERS GLASGOW, within a repeating foliate-arabesque moulded frame surmounted by a pierced cresting with putti emblematic of Science, above a gadrooned scallop-shell and spray-boss, the apron with a further globe and foliate boss, restorations, variously inscribed, the tortoiseshell and backboard later, probably when the movement was altered

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A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED RED-TORTOISESHELL BAROMETER AND MATCHING THERMOMETER, the arched rectangular panelled shaft with later movement by GARDNERS GLASGOW, within a repeating foliate-arabesque moulded frame surmounted by a pierced cresting with putti emblematic of Science, above a gadrooned scallop-shell and spray-boss, the apron with a further globe and foliate boss, restorations, variously inscribed, the tortoiseshell and backboard later, probably when the movement was altered
47½in. (120.5cm.) high; 5½in. (14cm.) deep (2)

Lot Essay

The marchand-mercier Claude-François Julliot carred an almost identical barometer and thermometer in the inventory of his stock, taken following the death of his wife on 5 November 1777:
663 - un baromètre et un thermom©tre fond d'écaille rouge à bande de cuirre lisse sur Lacquelle les degrés sont tracés; garnis d'un cadre à groupe d'enfants du haut et à culot à rinceau par bas... 1001
A pair of related barometers were sold anonymously in these Rooms, 9 December 1993, lot 31

Gardners of Glasgow flourished from 1822-37

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