A Mid-19th Century Green And Gilt, Carved Thermometer Over Barometer, Circa 1850. The gilded flame-pot finial crowns a stick thermometer over the round “wheel” barometer; in green paint and gilt swag & decoration. height: 40 in. 101.5 cm., width: 13 in. 33 cm., depth: 2 in. 5 cm. Temperature indices correlate to commonly-held heat and cold benchmarks. Thermomètre Centigrade Senegal Metinique Bains ord Vers à Soye Silkworms Serres chaudes Orangers Paris 1746, 1799, 1830 Petersbourg From the end of the 18th century, the domestic barometer became one of the ‘must-haves’, a thing of science, function and beauty to complement the decor and furnishings and, no doubt, to impress the neighbors. Cases began to reflect the prevailing decorative arts fashions, the most popular of which was the “banjo” barometer. Wheel barometers produced in the mid 18th-19th centuries are works of art by very fine clockmakers of the period. Foil sticker on the back: “M. Gizardin 8 Rue Des Sts Pères Paris VII”. The decorative scientific instrument was originally purchased in the 1 960’s at a Paris dealer, M.Gizardin (d. 1976) who was a French actor of some note and later, an antiques dealer at 8 Rue des Saints-Pères. https://www.gardencourtantiques.com/shop/antique-french-thermometer-over-wheel-barometer-circa-1850/ . . . . . . . . . #horology #horologymania #horologycommunity #barometer #antiquebarometer #vintagescientificinstruments #weather #meterology #barometricpressure #wheelbarometer #banjobarometer #interiordesign #interiordesigninspiration #frenchantiques #interiors #steampunk #gardencourt #SF #sanfrancisco #interior_design #walldecor (at Garden Court Antiques) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPtCYZcMGTR/?utm_medium=tumblr
