Important barometer-thermometer in gilded... - Lot 923 - Normandy Auction

Lot 923
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400 - 600 EUR
Important barometer-thermometer in gilded... - Lot 923 - Normandy Auction
Important barometer-thermometer in gilded wood molded and carved with garlands of leaves and fluted uprights. It is surmounted by a large floral basket framed by draperies. Dial signed : By MOSSY - quay Pelletier à la Croix d'or End of the 18th century H. : 95 cm - small accident Specialist of glass instruments, barometers, thermometers, and hygrometers, before 1774, Mossy works with his uncle, Cappy. Supplier to the Academy of Sciences, he received a King's engineering diploma in 1788.