FRANCE, fin du XIXème ou début du XXème siècle Thermometer with varnished zinc bottom, graduated in red and inscribed in black, marked "Thermomètre par Passement". Gilt bronze frame decorated with masks, shells and palmettes. Punched on the back of the low shell "RC". Louis XIV style. H. 117 cm. - L. : 33 cm. Damaged tube ; wear to the gilding ; six screws to maintain the bottom, missing ; drips.