111st Auction
2024/11/16
Lot 90
Larpent & Jürgensen
A rare, very fine Copenhagen pocket thermometer
Sold
estimated
1.200—2.000 €
Price realized
4.200 €
specific features
Case
Silver, smooth.
Dial
Enamel, Arabic numerals, single blued steel hand.
Movement
Full plate movement, large u-shaped bimetallic spring, brass rack.
Diam.63 mm
Circa1810
Ctry.Denmark
Wt.77 g
The temperature is displayed in a Reaumur scale, which is divided in "Degrés du froid – Glace - Degrés du chaud".
An identical piece is illustrated and described in: "Jacques-Frédéric Houriet 1743-1830" by Jean-Claude Sabrier, Cernier 2006, p. 115 and in: "Urban Jürgensen & Sönner" by John M.R. Knudsen, Copenhagen 2003, p. 97.