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Carved Giltwood French Barometer
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Description
Carved gilt wood Louis XVI French barometer, painted wood dial with blue ground and starburst centre. Original pointer and centrally mounted setting hand.The dial signed ‘Par Freville, Barometre, Secon Toricelli’. Cafter Toricelli (1608-1647), credited with the invention of the barometer after his famous experiment in 1643.
The case with floral swag decoration retains it’s original gilding. c.1780
DateLate 18th Century :
1780
Codeas729a022
PricePOA
StatusFor Sale
SellerOlde Time Antique Clocks
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