A Louis XV style ormolu-mounted kingwood barometer and cartel d'applique suite
A Louis XV style ormolu-mounted kingwood barometer and cartel d'applique suite

THE CLOCK MOVEMENT BY GILLE L'AÎNÉ, THE THERMOMETERS AND BAROMETER BY RONQUETTI, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A Louis XV style ormolu-mounted kingwood barometer and cartel d'applique suite
The clock movement by Gille L'Aîné, The thermometers and barometer by Ronquetti, Paris, Late 19th Century
Each lyre-shaped case with scrolling foliage frame issuing four foliate candelbranches, and set to the top with a thermometer inscribed par Ronquetti/RUE ST ANTOINE/VIS A VIS LA CASERNE DE/GARDES FRANçOISES, the enamelled clock with Roman and Arabic chapters inscribed GILLE L'AINE/A PARIS, the backplate and movement numbered 2205, the barometer with similarly-inscribed thermometer, the face inscribed RONQUETTI/A PARIS, the works stamped PHBN both with spurious inscription F Linke
43½ in. (110.5 cm.) high (2)