A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED RED-TORTOISESHELL BAROMETER AND MATCHING THERMOMETER, the arched rectangular panelled shaft with later movement by GARDNERS GLASGOW, within a repeating foliate-arabesque moulded frame surmounted by a pierced cresting with putti emblematic of Science, above a gadrooned scallop-shell and spray-boss, the apron with a further globe and foliate boss, restorations, variously inscribed, the tortoiseshell and backboard later, probably when the movement was altered 47½in. (120.5cm.) high; 5½in. (14cm.) deep (2)
A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED RED-TORTOISESHELL BAROMETER AND MATCHING THERMOMETER, the arched rectangular panelled shaft with later movement by GARDNERS GLASGOW, within a repeating foliate-arabesque moulded frame surmounted by a pierced cresting with putti emblematic of Science, above a gadrooned scallop-shell and spray-boss, the apron with a further globe and foliate boss, restorations, variously inscribed, the tortoiseshell and backboard later, probably when the movement was altered 47½in. (120.5cm.) high; 5½in. (14cm.) deep (2)
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