拍品 82
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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLUE-STAINED HORN THERMOMETER BAROMETER
PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF MATTHEW SCHUTZ (LOTS 51-90)
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLUE-STAINED HORN THERMOMETER BAROMETER

19TH CENTURY

細節
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLUE-STAINED HORN THERMOMETER BAROMETER
19TH CENTURY
The dial is surmounted by a putto emblematic of time, the sides cast with dragons, on a bracket cast with lion masks, the dial signed 'ANGE CARCANO À PARIS', please note the mercury in this barometer has been replaced with alcohol
40 in. high, 11 in. wide
來源
Florence Gould, sold Sotheby's, Monaco, 25-26 June 1984, lot 613.

拍品專文

Florence Gould (1895-1983), daughter of Maximilien Lacaze, a wealthy French publisher, was born in San Francisco and trained to become an opera singer. In 1923 she married Frank Jay Gould, son of the American railroad magnate, Jay Gould. Shortly thereafter the couple moved to France where as a young woman Florence established herself by hosting what became noted artistic salons for the literary and artistic circles at the start of the Second World War. She later founded various prizes for writers and artists. Now many important French-American cultural events are supported through the Foundation established in her name.