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Sat, Sep 13, 2014 09:00AM EDT - Sun, Sep 14, 2014 09:00AM EDT
Lot 622

Very Fine Gilt Bronze and Sèvres-

Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500

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Mounted Barometer French, 19th century, enameled dial signed "Passemant Au Louvre", ribbon and cornucopia-decorated top set with an oval porcelain plaque depicting a putto holding a barometer, central plaque depicting a putto riding on a scroll, enameled throat panel set with coiled glass tube with mercury, 41 x 11 in., upper dial lacking hand and two mounting screws, scattered surface drips and areas of corrosion, heart emblem at top of crest likely a replacement. Provenance: Private Collection, Asheville, North Carolina

Condition

upper dial lacking hand and two mounting screws, scattered surface drips and areas of corrosion, heart emblem at top of crest likely a replacement