A LATE LOUIS XVI PROVINCIAL PARCEL-GILT AND EBONISED BAROMETER
BY GAIDE, MEAUX, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
CASE: moulded circular with beaded border, surmounted by a wreathed cresting with eagle and martial trophy, hung with floral swags DIAL: painted oval dial, the centre with inset alcohol tube to painted Reaumur thermometer scale signed Por Gaide Place du Gd Marché/Meaux; blued steel main hand; mercury tube
36¾ in. (93.5 cm.) high; 28 in. (71 cm.) wide
A LATE LOUIS XVI PROVINCIAL PARCEL-GILT AND EBONISED BAROMETER
BY GAIDE, MEAUX, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
CASE: moulded circular with beaded border, surmounted by a wreathed cresting with eagle and martial trophy, hung with floral swags DIAL: painted oval dial, the centre with inset alcohol tube to painted Reaumur thermometer scale signed Por Gaide Place du Gd Marché/Meaux; blued steel main hand; mercury tube
36¾ in. (93.5 cm.) high; 28 in. (71 cm.) wide
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