Antique French Giltwood Barometer with Lyre | Signed in Charonne, 19th Century

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An entryway needs something to look at upon entering. In 19th-century France, that was often a barometer.

This antique barometer was made in France in the first half of the 19th century, featuring the lyre and hexagonal case of the Restoration. It came from an antique dealer.

The dial bears the handwritten name of the person who made or sold it: Couturier, rue des Amandiers, impasse Ronce nº 12, à Charonne. Charonne was an independent municipality until 1860, when it became part of Paris. That address dates the piece.

The scale runs from 27 to 29 French inches, with the usual forecasts: Tempête, Pluie, Variable, Beau Temps, Très Sec. Below, «Selon Toricelli», for the physicist who invented the mercury barometer in 1643.

At the top, a lyre with a rosette and raised branches supports the thermometer. The hexagonal case features raised ornaments at the corners.

It does not work and is not sold as an instrument. The thermometer tube is a later replacement, and the dial paper has a horizontal tear and period stains. It is said, and has not been touched.

It measures 50 cm wide, 5 deep and 94 high, and weighs 8 kg.

In an entryway, hung above a console. In a study or library, among the books. It hangs from its iron ring and requires a firm anchor point.

WHAT TO LOOK AT CLOSELY

→ The signature. Four handwritten lines below the compass rose. They date the piece before 1860 without relying on style.

→ The inches. 27, 28 and 29: the French measurement before the metric system, with which pressure was read in the Restoration era.

→ The lyre. Rosette and raised branches at the top, and the thermometer in the place of the strings.

RESTORATION IN OUR WORKSHOP IN NAVALCARNERO, MADRID

In the workshop, a general cleaning was carried out on the case, the lyre and the glass, without touching the gilding or the dial.

The patina, the marks and all its elements have been preserved as they arrived. It arrives ready to take its place.

Style: French Restoration
Material: Gilded wood; paper dial under glass
Technique: Applied relief ornaments; dial with handwritten pen signature
Finish: Gilded with wear on edges and reliefs, without color intervention in the workshop
Fittings: Iron ring and chain for hanging
Layout: Thermometer in the lyre pediment; barometric dial with indicator needle and reference needle
Measurements: 50 cm (Width) × 5 cm (Depth) × 94 cm (Height)
Condition: Period patina and wear; non-functional; tear in the paper dial; broken thermometer tube
Period: First half of the 19th century (pre-1860), France

50 cm (Width) × 5 cm (Depth) × 94 cm (Height)

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