Antique Black Forest 10" Thermometer Stand: Pastoral with Cows, Calf & Herder Trocadero Then a trusted servant or

Then a trusted servant or courier would be dispatched to deliver the correspondence and likely

The Paris publisher being noted inside as "Au Bureau Des Editeurs" (At the publisher's office)

it has perhaps been hung under glass and frame since the back shows us that some fading has occurred

This is a late 1700s item

It would take years for an apprentice to become a master

Antique Black Forest 10" Thermometer Stand: Pastoral with Cows, Calf & Herder Trocadero Then a trusted servant orWonderful & rare antique 1830 1850 Victorian era Black Forest hand carved 9 3 4" desk top thermometer stand with very unique pastoral themed cow, calf & herder figures and original thermometer on brass plaque mounting! For anyone who follows the decorating style of Tulsa's Charles Faudree (and I do!), you've seen his own rare Black Forest cows in several homes he's decorated over time. He's got a couple of decorator books out now, and he's always in