J. LEBEGUE & Cie, Paris Globe in composition and paper printed in colors. Tripod foot in cast iron with three male heads and clawed feet, figured L.B. in a medallion. Diameter : 60 cm. Globe insolate, worn, some cracks and pitting, illegible parts; oxidations on the foot. ON JOINT : Brass aneroid barometer, with suspension ring. Diameter: 12.5 cm. Oxidations and some shocks to the bezel. Support in stained wood and blackened wood veneer (accidents and missing). Provenance : Auguste VERNEUIL (1856-1913), inventor of synthetic ruby.