Gilded bronze thermometer Louis XVI period second half 18th century

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Gilded bronze thermometer Louis XVI period second half 18th century

Gilded bronze thermometer Louis XVI period second half 18th century - Decorative Objects Style Louis XVI

Gilded bronze thermometer Louis XVI period second half 18th century - Louis XVI

Antiquités - Gilded bronze thermometer Louis XVI period second half 18th century

Ref : 117875

7 000 €

Period :: 18th century
Provenance :: France
Medium :: Gilded bronze
Dimensions :: l. 7.87 inch X H. 16.93 inch X P. 5.12 inch

Decorative Objects - Gilded bronze thermometer Louis XVI period second half 18th century

18th century - Gilded bronze thermometer Louis XVI period second half 18th century

Louis XVI - Gilded bronze thermometer Louis XVI period second half 18th century

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Gilded bronze thermometer Louis XVI period second half 18th century

A finely chased and gilded bronze thermometer resting on an architectural base, framed by a pair of columns with Corinthian capitals holding two covered pots. The dial is signed “L'Ingénieur Chevalier, opticien du roi, paris 1763”.
Parisian work, Louis XVI period, second half 18th century, in its original gilding.
Size in inches : wide 8 X depth 5 X height 17
This is most likely Louis-Vincent Chevalier (1734-1804), the King's optician. He set up business in 1760 at 31, quai de l'horloge in Paris. Louis-Vincent Chevalier had three sons who also worked as opticians: Louis Chevalier, Nicolas Marie Chevalier and Jacque Louis Vincent Chevalier, who succeeded him on his death.