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A Louis XIV style gilt-bronze mounted tortoise-shell and ebony veneered barometer and thermometer, 19th century, after a model by André-Charles Boulle

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Estimate

5,000 - 8,000 EUR

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Description

Haut. 110 cm, larg. 32 cm;

Height. 43 ¼ in, width. 12 1/4 in

Please note that this lot contains restricted materials. Sotheby's is not able to assist buyers with the shipment of any lots containing restricted materials into the US.A buyer's inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or a sale's cancellation.

H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, Vol. II, p. 510.

The model of this barometer is attributed to André-Charles Boulle by J.N. Ronfort in his essay on Boulle and his workshop (André-Charles Boulle: die Bronzearbeiten und seine Werkstatt im Louvre, Vergoldete Bronzen, vol. II pp 459-520). Six different barometer models are listed, this one described as a "Gaine et Campane" barometer. Two examples are known: one is in the Musée des Arts et Métiers (CNAM 5612), the other was sold at Sotheby's New-York on November 6, 1982, lot 43.

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