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    Un hôtel particulier du Faubourg Saint-Germain The Collection of The Marquis and Marquise de Ravenel

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    21 - 22 November 2007

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    • A LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD AND PAINT
    Lot 511

    A LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD AND PAINTED BAROMETER

    BRIOL OPTICIEN, LATE 18TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 4,375

    Estimate

    GBP 1,500 - GBP 2,500

    This lot is offered without a reserve

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    A LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD AND PAINTED BAROMETER
    BRIOL OPTICIEN, LATE 18TH CENTURY
    Modelled with leaves and with a beaded swag issuing from eagle heads, the dial inscribed Briol Opticien/Fournissieur de la Maison Impériale des Loges/à St Germain en Laye; repainted, tube removed
    36½ in. (93 cm.) high

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