A restauration gilt bronze and steel barometer and thermometer, circa 1825
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August 4, 04:45 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description
A restauration gilt bronze and steel barometer and thermometer, circa 1825
the dial possibly replaced, signed L'Ingénieur Chevallier Opticien du Roy; now with a later aneroid movement; thermometer tube lacking
height 38 in.; width 17 ½ in.
96.5 cm; 44.5 cm
L'Antiquaire & The Connoisseur, Inc., New York
Ruth Constantino, How to Know French Antiques (New York 1961), illustrated p. 154
Helen Fioratti, French Antiques (New York 1990), drawn illustration p.145
Helen Fioratti, French Antiques (New York 1990), drawn illustration p.145
The optician Jean-Gabriel Augustin Chevallier (1778-1848) established a business at 1 Quai de l’Horloge, on the Île de la Cité opposite the flower market in Paris in 1796, selling lenses, microscopes, barometers and other optical and scientific instruments. In 1842 he sold the business to his son-in-law and daughter, Alexandre-Victor Ducray and Marie-Louise Melanie Chevallier, and the shop was transferred to 15 Place du Pont-Neuf, where it continued to trade for much of the 19th century.
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