A PAIR OF LOUIS XIV STYLE GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED TURTLESHELL AND BRASS INLAID EBONY BOULLE MARQUETRY THERMOMETER AND BAROMETER SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY

UK: Greenford Park WarehouseRestricted Species

Auction Closed

November 12, 05:03 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

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Property from a Private European Collection

A PAIR OF LOUIS XIV STYLE GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED TURTLESHELL AND BRASS INLAID EBONY BOULLE MARQUETRY THERMOMETER AND BAROMETER SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY

one stamped L. DELAITRE, each with a cresting surmounted by opposing winged cherubs flanking a globe, the elongated rectangular case with an inset engraved dial and central tube, above a stylised scallopshell within an engraved border of scrolls and bellflowers with a foliate finial, restorations

each 110cm. high., 15cm. wide; 2ft. 9¼in., 5¾in.

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The marchand-mercier Claude-Francois Julliot is known to have kept a barometer and a thermometer of almost identical model in his stock: '663 - un baromètre et un thermomètre fond d'écaille rouge à bande de cuivre lisse sur laquelle les degrés sont tracés; garnis d'un cadre à groupe d'enfants du haut et à culot à rinceau par bas...'

A related barometer, previously in the collection of M. and Mme. Henri Rabeau, was sold Sotheby's Monaco, June 17-18, 1989, lot 846, and a pair of similar barometer-thermometer from the Collection of Lily and Edmond J. Safra was sold Sotheby's New York, 20-21 October 2011, lot 982 Christie's London, 9 December 1993, lot 31.