40,250 HKD
Larpent & Jürgensen, Kiöbenhaven, circa 1815. Fine and early silver pocket thermometer. Double-body, Empire, polished. White enamel with graduations in Reaumur scale. Gilt brass with bimetallic curb, rack-and-pinion transmission with coiled return spring, adjustable blued steel lever mounted in the rack acted upon by the curb.Signed on the dial.Diam. 63 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-06-08