Barometer - Wood

Louis XVI-style barometer-thermometer in carved and gilded wood. The dial features a wind rose painted in grisaille and the meteorological scale in French with the old spelling “TEMS”: Tempête / Grande pluie / Pluie ou vent / Variable / Beau temps / Beau fixe / Très sec, graduated from 27 to 29 inches. Note “Selon Torricelli.” Dateable from the late 18th to the early 19th century. Provenance / history: on the back, two supplier labels from Versailles — J. Mallet, optician, 4 passage Saint-Pierre, Versailles and L. Couturier, rue de la Paroisse, auctioneer of the Hôtel de Ville de Versailles — as well as a handwritten inscription “Mallet 19/1/22” corresponding to a revision in January 1922. An object that has lived in the Versailles region and whose maintenance is documented. Dimensions: height 87 cm × width 51 cm. Condition: antique item in its original state, to be restored. Wear and losses to the gilding. Old worm-eaten pinpricks on the pediment and frame. Dial glass cracked. The mechanism is sold as-is, with no guarantee of operation. See detailed photos, which are an integral part of the description. Pickup only — item NOT shippable. This barometer contains mercury (original tube): transport by carrier is prohibited. In-person pickup only in Paris. Please do not bid if you are not able to come to collect the item or arrange local pickup yourself.

Estimate:$504.1

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