Wonderful antique French mercury barometer. Louis XVI ormolu style with elaborate cast bronze leaves and polychrome paint. Features a large squirrel tail thermometer and decorative set hand. Scales are printed in French with outer scale metric and inner scale’Paris Inch’ – an official scale in use since Charlemagne (used for 1000 [...]
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French Patinated Gilt Bronze Aneroid Barometer Empire Ormolu floral wreath clock
Very detailed and rare beefy French Patinated Gilt Bronze Barometer. Barometer is working perfectly. Floral and wreath decorations with Pineapple on bottom. Double wreath loops to hang from the wall. Last quarter 1800’s I believe. This is not your typical barometer made of wood or metal or combination. This [...]
Antique French Napoleon III Aneroid Barometer with Ormolu Accents
This antique French anaroid barometer just came back with us from France. It has a bark metal housing with gilded bronze top and bottom decorations. The side of the housing also has gilded shell decorations. The barometer has just been serviced by our clockmaker, who installed a new glass on the front [...]