Barometer-thermometer in gilded wood. The dial by BODEUR in Paris, surrounded by a frieze of pearls and ribbon scrolls and bordered by laurel branches on the sides. The base with military trophy in front of a console with frieze of piastres. The base is decorated with flowers and foliage. The thermometer on an entablature of ovals with broken pediment surrounded by two urns. On the sides, a fluted column. At the top, an urn on a capital and garlands, the entablature with a frieze of dentils. Louis XVI period. H. : 110 cm. L. : 38,5 cm.

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