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French Desk Thermometer

Industrial Series Marine small deskset of clock, barometer and thermometer
Located in London, GB
thermometer within an anchor and of small size.. Set upon an ormolu and rouge marble rectangular base the
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Antique 1880s English Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Marble, Ormolu

Oak architectural desk clock
Located in Cheshire, GB
Oak architectural desk clock and barometer, of temple form with ceramic dials, centred with a
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Early 20th Century French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Oak

Oak architectural desk clock
Oak architectural desk clock
H 10 in W 17 in D 4 in
An Exceptional Ormolu Desk Compendium
Located in Amersham, GB
A very fine desk compendium, comprising an eight day timepiece, barometer and thermometer, in a
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Antique 1880s French Late Victorian Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Marble, Enamel, Ormolu

An Exceptional Ormolu Desk Compendium
An Exceptional Ormolu Desk Compendium
H 5.52 in W 5.52 in D 2.56 in
Nautical themed Desk Compendium Industrial rotating Globe Clock
Located in London, GB
A combined timepiece, weather station and globe desk piece industrial clock. Constructed of onyx
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Antique 1880s French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Onyx, Bronze

Edwardian Cock / Barometer/ Thermometer Desk Set
Located in Norwich, GB
, original ‘blued’ steel hands. Eight day French movement with platform escapement. The Aneroid barometer to
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Vintage 1910s French Edwardian Mantel Clocks

Materials

Brass

FINE CIRCA 1895 FRENCH AUTOMATON INDUSTRIAL LOCOMOTIVE MOVING GiLT BRONZE CLOCK
Located in GB
collectable Antique circa 1895 French Automaton Industrial Locomotive moving gilt bronze clock sitting on top
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Antique 1890s French Industrial Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass

Naudet & Co. 1915-1916 Paris World War I French Aviation Altimeter Militaire
Located in Miami, FL
World War I French aviation altimeter made by Naudet & Co. Antique French aviation altimeter
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Vintage 1910s French Industrial Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass, Steel

Large French Automaton Locomotive Industrial Train Clock with Spinning Wheels
Located in Danville, CA
Here we have a wonderful example of the industrial series popular in French horology. When the
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Late 20th Century Industrial Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass

A fine quality pair of early 19th Century Regency period well-cast bronze Models
Located in London, GB
An unusual pair of early 19th Century bronze & ormolu Desk Thermometer and Semainier surmounted by
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Antique Early 19th Century French Régence Desk Sets

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Miniature Cast Bronze Grand Tour Architectural Model and Desk Thermometer
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This miniature cast bronze architectural desk thermometer sculpture of a European monument dates to
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Victorian Models and Miniatures

Materials

Bronze

Gilt Bronze Eight-Day, Four-Face Clock with Date, Temperature and Barometer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French gilt bronze eight-day four face mantel clock with date, temperature and barometer
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Antique 19th Century French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Giltwood Thermometer & Perpetual Calendar Attributed to F.Linke, France, c. 1880
By François Linke
Located in PARIS, FR
Elegant Louis XVI style set comprising a thermometer and a perpetual calendar attributed to F
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Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Scientific Instruments

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Sheet Metal

Louis XVI Style Barometers and Thermometers by H. Dasson, France, Circa 1880
By Henry Dasson
Located in PARIS, FR
A companion pair of Louis XVI style barometer and thermometer finely decorated with gilt bronze
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Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Scientific Instruments

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Enamel, Bronze

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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Mantel Clocks

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Brass

20th Century Louis XVI Style Museum Pedestal Clock after Jean-Henri Riesener
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Berlin, DE
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20th Century Louis XVI Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Bronze

Limited Edition Mid-Century Calendar Clock by Devon Clocks
Located in Amersham, GB
This unusual astrological calendar clock was designed by John Mercer Of Exeter, for the Devon Clock Company as part of the Heritage Collection. This example is numbered 31 of 500 and...
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Vintage 1970s English Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass

Large French Style 8 Day Brass Automaton Windmill Industrial Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Large French style 8 day brass automaton windmill industrial clock w marble base. Here we have a wonderful example of the industrial series popular in French horology. While the c...
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Early 2000s Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass

c.1900 Rare French 6-Column Automated Industrial Clock.
Located in Greenlawn, NY
Maker: Retailed by Camerden & Forster, New York. Most likely made by Diette Hour. Description: Rare late-19th century animated industrial clock depicting a version of the double w...
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20th Century French Other Mantel Clocks

Materials

Belgian Black Marble, Bronze

Mystery Briggs Rotary Conical Pendulum Glass Dome Flying Ball Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Mystery Briggs Rotary glass dome flying ball clock. We are presenting an excellent "Briggs Rotary" novelty clock. It's unlike any other later made version with a traditional glass...
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Vintage 1970s American Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass

Farcot / Carrier-Belleuse Pendulum Clock
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, EUGÈNE FARCOT OF PARIS Also known as HENRY EUGÈNE ADRIEN FARCOT (1830-1896)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Horological ingenuity and artistry coalesce in this incredible French pendulum clock, the product of two of the most famed craftsmen of the 19th century. Known as the Farcot clock, t...
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Antique 19th Century French Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Bronze

Black Marble Moonphase Rotating Globe Clock, Edouard Serin, Paris, circa 1880
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
No reasonable offer refused. A rare Edouard Serin, Paris mantel clock with moon phase display, surmounted by a revolving terrestrial globe on gilt stand, circa 1880. The black ...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Mantel Clocks

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Slate, Brass, Enamel

Rare Mid-19th Century Alabaster Conical Clock.
Located in Greenlawn, NY
A beautiful mid-19th century French conical clock with a patinated metal figure of Jason holding the golden fleece. The decorative alabaster case is adorned with gilt bronze mounts...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Mantel Clocks

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Alabaster, Bronze

Rare Mid-19th Century Alabaster Conical Clock.
Rare Mid-19th Century Alabaster Conical Clock.
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H 34.5 in W 18.5 in D 10.5 in
Automaton Beam Engine Clock by Andre Guilmet
By Andre Romain Guilmet
Located in Amersham, GB
A novelty mantel clock in the form of an industrial beam engine by Andre Romain Guilmet, dating from circa 1878 and numbered 196 and signed by Giulmet. The eight day movement is sur...
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Antique 1870s French Industrial Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Marble, Brass, Bronze

An Extremely Fine Ormolu Portico Mystery Clock
By Breguet a Paris
Located in Amersham, GB
This extremely rare swinging portico clock by Béchot Paris, in an ormolu case of exquisite quality, finely cast and gilded with its original burnished and chased finish, this clock i...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks

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Ormolu

An Extremely Fine Ormolu Portico Mystery Clock
An Extremely Fine Ormolu Portico Mystery Clock
H 21.26 in W 11.42 in D 4.73 in
c.1900 French Industrial Fire Engine Clock
By Andre Romain Guilmet
Located in Greenlawn, NY
Inv. #: f302 Case: The red painted, silvered and gilt-bronze case stands on a black Belgian marble base and depicts an early 20th century horse drawn steam powered fire engine. ...
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20th Century French More Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Automaton Industrial series Quarterdeck, Helmsman mantel clock by Guilmet
Located in London, GB
Antique French, "Ship's Quarter Deck" Automata clock from the Industrial Series. The bronze and silvered case is in the form of a ship's quarter deck, set with a real and operating b...
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Antique 1890s French Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze, Copper

Late 19th Century French Novelty ‘Quarterdeck’ Mantel Clock by Guilmet, Paris
By Andre Romain Guilmet
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late 19th century French gilt-brass and steel novelty ‘quarterdeck’ mantel clock by Guilmet, Paris, the eight-day gong striking movement with anchor escapement, circular gilt Roman...
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Antique 19th Century French Mantel Clocks

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Brass

French Quarterdeck Automaton Helmsman Clock by Guilmet, Retailed by Sewill, 1881
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique French Quarterdeck Automaton Helmsman Clock by Andre Guilmet (Paris), Retailed by J. Sewill (London), circa 1881, an "industrial series" clock having a bronzed and silvered c...
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Antique 1880s French Victorian Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Bronze, Silver Plate

French 19th Century Clock with Matching Candelabrum
By Japy Frères
Located in Stamford, CT
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Antique Late 19th Century French Industrial Mantel Clocks

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Metal

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French Art Nouveau Desk Calendar in Ebony
Located in Pasadena, CA
condition with all the date, day and month calendar wheels are in French and in working order. Thermometer
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Antique 19th Century French Art Nouveau Desk Accessories

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Brass, Metal

Rare and Attractive French Charles X Bronze and Ormolu Desk Compendium, circa 1815
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
thermometer and week calendar to the reverse side, ormolu Cupid relief below the dial, the whole on a square
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Antique 19th Century French Charles X Clocks

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

French Art Deco Round Thermometer With Port-hole Design
Located in Oakland, CA
Here is a wonderful Thermorex thermometer in a very cool design. Round copper and black lacquer
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Vintage 1930s Art Deco Desk Accessories

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Metal

Adnet Style Brass and Leather 3 in 1, Clock, Thermometer and Barometer
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Interesting green leather and brass desktop piece with inset clock, thermometer and barometer. Two
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Vintage 1950s French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass

Elegant 19th Century Ormolu and Marble Writing Desk Set
Located in New York, NY
This elegant 19th century ormolu bronze and white Carrara marble writing desk fitted with two
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Antique 1850s French Baroque Inkwells

'Weatherstation' Desk Compendium by Hermès, Paris
By Hermès
Located in London, GB
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Bronze

Rare Hermes Cubic Desk Clock, 1950
By Hermès
Located in Verviers, BE
Exceptional Hermès Clock cubic desktop 5-sided golden brass, c. 1950. Thermometer on the window
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Vintage 1950s French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Rare Hermes Cubic Desk Clock, 1950
Rare Hermes Cubic Desk Clock, 1950
H 6.1 in W 6.1 in D 6.1 in
French Automaton Industrial Locomotive Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
chapter ring dial. An aneroid barometer and stick thermometer are also integrated into the complex design
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Antique 19th Century French Industrial Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Bronze

French Automaton Battleship Industrial Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
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Antique 19th Century French Industrial Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Bronze

French Oversized Rouge Marble Carriage Clock Retailed in Buenos Aires
Located in Newark, England
Fantastic French oversized carriage clock compendium. The carriage clock carved out of red (rouge
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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Marble, Brass

Antique Oak Black Forest Barometer and Thermometer, circa 1885
Located in Dallas, TX
Found in France, this richly hand-carved, European oak, Black Forest carving dates to the late
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Antique Late 19th Century French Black Forest Scientific Instruments

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Wood

Adnet Style Desk Blotter
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Leather desk blotter attributed to Jacques Adnet with a perpetual calendar that turns to month, day
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20th Century French More Furniture and Collectibles

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‘Cube’ desk clock & weather-station by Hermès, Paris.
Located in London, GB
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Vintage 1930s French Clocks

Late 1800s Carved Black Forest Barometer from North-East France
Located in Dallas, TX
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Antique 1890s French Black Forest Scientific Instruments

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Wood

Silver Writing Materials, France, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
of pieces among which stand the bases of two small thermometers (graduated from 0 to 40, with
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Antique 19th Century European Neoclassical Centerpieces

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Silver

Silver Writing Materials, France, 19th Century
Silver Writing Materials, France, 19th Century
H 16.93 in W 18.12 in D 11.03 in
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Located in South Salem, NY
A collection of ten Eiffel towers all in metal. Two of these keepsakes were thermometers with one
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Early 20th Century French Architectural Models

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Metal, Brass

Collection of Eiffel Towers
Collection of Eiffel Towers
H 11.25 in W 4.5 in D 4.5 in
French Industrial Animated Windmill Clock
Located in Stamford, CT
A conical form French Industrial clock mounted with four windmill blades. The clockwise rotating
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Antique Late 19th Century French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Marble, Brass

1940s Jaeger Desk Top Barometer and Thermometer
By Jaeger & Co.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
1940s French Jaeger Baromètre and thermometer. Good vintage condition.
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Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Scientific Instruments

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Brass

19th Century French Lighthouse Animated Industrial Clock by Guilmet
By Andre Romain Guilmet
Located in Hudson, NY
lighthouse section and is opposed by a barometer within the revolving top. Between each dial is a thermometer
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Antique Late 19th Century French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Bronze, Copper

Bow Front Champlevé Enamel, Ormolu and Onyx Four Glass Library Regulator
By Samuel Marti
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A very chic antique French library four glass crystal regulator with Champlevé enamel decoration
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Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Onyx, Enamel, Ormolu

Gilt-bronze thermometer, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Desk or hanging thermometer 19th century, Celsius scale gilt bronze frame. Wood panel covered in
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Scientific Instruments

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Bronze

Gilt-bronze thermometer, 19th Century
Gilt-bronze thermometer, 19th Century
H 6.25 in W 2.75 in D 0.5 in
Mystery Water Wheel Rolling Ball Gravity Driven Bronze Regulator Clock
Located in Danville, CA
barometer and a thermometer on the left. They certainly offer you more info than other clocks. This clock is
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Early 20th Century Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Bronze

1970s French Lucite Cube Desk Top Weather Station
Located in Oakland, CA
1970s French lucite cube desk top weather station, the faceted cube is three sided with three
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Vintage 1970s French Modern Scientific Instruments

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Metal, Chrome

1940s Jaeger Desk Top Baromètre
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
1940s French Jaeger Baromètre and thermometer. Good vintage condition
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Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Scientific Instruments

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Metal, Brass

1940s Jaeger Desk Top Baromètre
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H 7.09 in W 7.09 in D 3.15 in
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By Andre Romain Guilmet
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
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Antique Late 19th Century French Industrial Scientific Instruments

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Bronze

French Desk Thermometer
Located in Newport Beach, CA
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Antique 19th Century French Scientific Instruments

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Marble, Bronze

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H 8.25 in W 4.5 in D 3 in
Desk set/
Located in Seattle, WA
Pen holders, ink jar and thermometer
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AURICOSTE Art Deco Chrome Weather Clock
Located in Greenwich, CT
calendar, barometer, thermometer and compass, on square stand with brass highlights
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Vintage 1930s French Desk Accessories

CARTIER PARIS- Weather Station Clock
By Cartier
Located in Greenwich, CT
A silver plated weather station clock, the rotating cube with square dials for a clock thermometer
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Vintage 1960s French Desk Accessories

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Gold Plate

An Hermes Desk Clock
Located in London, GB
An Hermes combined Desk Clock,barometer,calender,thermometer and compass of cube form rotating on a
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Vintage 1940s French Clocks

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Metal

Art Deco Silvered Bronze Desk Clock
Located in Vancouver, BC
Silvered bronze Art Deco desk clock having side thermometers and central barometer below a stylized
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Vintage 1930s French Clocks

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Bronze, Steel

French Empire Barometer
Located in Chicago, IL
French Empire mahogany barometer with gilt bronze trimming. Below a gilt bronze wreath ornament is
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Bronze

French Empire Barometer
French Empire Barometer
H 10.5 in W 7 in D 7 in
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French Desk Thermometer For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal French desk thermometer for your home. Each French desk thermometer for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, brass and bronze. There are many kinds of the French desk thermometer you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right French desk thermometer, those designed in industrial, Louis XVI and Victorian styles are of considerable interest. You’ll likely find more than one French desk thermometer that is appealing in its simplicity, but Henry Dasson and François Linke produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a French Desk Thermometer?

A French desk thermometer can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $7,652, while the lowest priced sells for $1,850 and the highest can go for as much as $191,983.
Questions About French Desk Thermometer
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023
    In French, the term for a writing desk that often featured a drop-down writing surface is secretaire. This type of desk is called a secretary desk in English. Simply put, a secretary desk is a multifunctional piece of furniture with a hinged writing surface that folds open or drops down. When the leaf is folded out, small inner storage compartments, which are called pigeonholes, cubbies, recesses or drawers, are revealed. On 1stDibs, shop antique secretary desks from some of the world's top sellers.

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