Offered by Laurent Chalvignac
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