"Restoration Clock - Chronometer-thermometer."
Rare pendulum in gilded bronze and marquetry of boxwood on amaranth. The silk thread movement and striking at the hours and half-hours. the dial, supported by two sphynges in gilded bronze, is in guilloché zinc and signed by: BERLAND à VENDÔME (1838-1850) -dictionary of French watchmakers, TARDY; It also features a small dial indicating the seconds. It is placed on an elegantly inlaid wooden terminal, comprising a thermometer; an engraved plaque indicates, among other things, that in Paris it had been -10 ° in 1740, and + 30 ° in 1755 !. Everything is in perfect working order. height: 41.5cm l: 18cm 
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