Large and Louis XVI Style Carved Giltwood Clock and Barometer Set
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
The companion barometer with indications for the weather and inscribed 'BAROMÈTRE / SELON TORRICELLI'. The striking cases with their central putto figures are inspired by several...
Giltwood
French Late 19th Century Barometer
By Selon Torricelli
Located in Stockbridge, GA
French late 19th century barometer.
Bronze
Antique Torricelli Barometer, carved and gilded wood frame, Louis XVI, France
Located in Valladolid, ES
The upper cartouche reads “Baromètre” (Barometer), and the lower one reads “Selon Torricelli” (according to Torricelli), referring to the inventor of the mercury barometer's design a...
Crystal
18th Century Louis XVI Barometer
Located in Paris, FR
18th century Louis XVI barometer, in carved and gilt wood. Inscription: "Selon Torricelli".
Glass, Wood
Louis XVI Giltwood Barometer
Located in Sheffield, MA
Louis XVI Giltwood Barometer Selon Torricelli Par Silberstein, French, 18th C.
Giltwood, Glass
Louis XVI Giltwood Barometer
Located in Essex, MA
Oval with a ribbon bow over an oval glass fronted barometer with grisaille painted panel with metal directionals. Inscribed Selon Torricelli.
Giltwood
French Louis XVI Period Gilded Wood Barometer According to Torricelli
By Selon Torricelli
Located in LEGNY, FR
Large barometer in gilded wood according to Torricelli, 18th century. Louis XVI period. Evangelista Torricelli, born October 15, 1608 in Faenza, Emilia-Romagna and died October 2...
Glass, Wood
Louis XVI Period Giltwood Barometer from France, 1774-1793
Located in Dallas, TX
This rare barometer is known as a Selon de Torricelli and dates to the late 18th century.
Glass, Wood, Paper
French, Period Louis XVI Giltwood Barometer, circa 1780
Located in Dallas, TX
The top of the paper says Barometre, while the bottom says Selon Toricelli. Evangelista Torricelli was an Italian physicist/mathematician who studied under Galileo.
Glass, Wood, Paper
Louis XVI Giltwood Barometer By Selon Torricelli
Located in Essex, MA
The top section with symbols of wine, flute and a bird within an arched laurel wreath. Circular dial with grisaille painted dial. Conforming frame with laurel leaf swags.
Giltwood
Louis XVI Barometer in Giltwood, End of the 18th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Metal rotating arrow indicates weather variations on a blue and white background. Indicated “Selon Torricelli”. Realized under the reign of Louis XVI (1774-1792), at the end of th...
Giltwood
French First Empire Period Barometer
By Selon Torricelli
Located in Charleston, SC
The Indian ink painted paper dial delineates three circles with all the weather variables, the compass card in its center and "Selon Torricelli" on the bottom. On its back the wood ...
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H 34 in W 19.5 in D 3.5 in
French Louis XVI Style 19th Century Giltwood Barometer with Trophies of Arms
Located in Atlanta, GA
The writings in the central section, secured behind glass, indicate that the barometer was made "Selon Torricelli", according to Torricelli (written Toricelly here).
Glass, Giltwood
Louis XVI carved, gilt barometer.
Located in Kent, GB
"Selon", or, "after" Torricelli is an acknowledgement to the use of the mercury tube and vacuum which he discovered whilst experimenting on the properties of air, previously thought ...