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BY RUCOC OF PARIS, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
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A FRENCH BRASS-MOUNTED AND INLAID THERMOMETER
BY RUCOC OF PARIS, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
With engraved steel dial, calibrated for degrees fahrenheit and centigrade and signed 'Rucoc aîné à Paris' in a foliate border and guilloche moulding with shell cresting engraved with a crest and two coronets, the reverse with engraved folding support
14 ¼ in. (36 cm.) high
BY RUCOC OF PARIS, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
With engraved steel dial, calibrated for degrees fahrenheit and centigrade and signed 'Rucoc aîné à Paris' in a foliate border and guilloche moulding with shell cresting engraved with a crest and two coronets, the reverse with engraved folding support
14 ¼ in. (36 cm.) high
Provenance
Michael Gillingham, Esq.; sold Sotheby's, London, 19 April 2000, lot 602.
Special notice
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