A Réaumur oval barometer-thermometer in gilded, moulded and carved wood. The frame is decorated with friezes of water leaves and rows of pearls. It is surmounted by a pediment of agrarian trophies and a basket of fruits and flowers. The lower part is decorated with leaves surrounded by a ribbon bow. The thermometer is annotated with remarks on the different temperatures to give a tangible equivalent. The highest temperature corresponds to the temperature of Syria. The dial is signed SORMANY, rue de l'arbre sec in Paris.
Louis XVI period
Circa: 1790
Dim: W:43cm, D:8cm, H:89cm
Condition report: light wear to gilding. Restoration to dial inscriptions. The barometer is in working order. Thermometer no longer works.
- Reference :
- 3034
- Availability :
- Object available
- Width :
- 43 (cm)
- Height :
- 89 (cm)
- Depth :
- 8 (cm)
- Identifier Exists:
- False
