- Lot 173

Lot n° 173
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- Lot 173
Barometer in marquetry of tortoiseshell and engraved brass of pyramidal form, with decoration of crosses of quartefoils, profiles with the antique, mascaron with palmettes and foliage, shell, palmette and sphere with crowned flowers of lily, the dial inscribed Ciceri according to Toricelli; old label of collection dated 1893 In the taste of André-Charles Boulle. Louis XIV style, 19th century. H : 118 cm, W : 28 cm, D : 17 cm Several examples of this barometer, generally associated with the cabinetmaker André-Charles Boulle, are listed; an identical barometer from the Jones collection is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London (H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, T1, p. 48).
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