Louis XVI Period Barometer In Golden Wood.

Barometer from the Louis XVI period, in carved and gilded wood. Dial signed CICERY, barometer maker for the Royal family. main street in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine at Monsieur Gervais, with the black head. On the back remains the label of the seller located in Versailles. Robert House. Martel Successor. Optician, 4 passage Saint-Pierre. Versailles Original gilding cleaned in excellent condition, with a few tiny partial retouches. Mechanism in perfect working order. Tube and mercury replaced with floats. The dial is surmounted in the upper part by a vase decorated with a floral bouquet resting on a terrace. The entourage of the dial is flanked on either side by uprights depicting openwork consoles, decorated on the upper part with large lotus leaves. In the lower part, a drapery rests on the top of the entourage of the thermometer resting on a gadrooned console.