Height | 48½ inches |
Case | The figured flat stem with a moulded C-scroll edge and centered at the top, within a leaf-tip-carved frame and flanked by pendent husks, the conforming crest surmounted by an urn, its turned body with a base of stiff leaves on a turned socle supported on a projecting moulded edge with dentil ornament above pendent icicles and draped leaves; the barometer tube continuing to a cistern enclosed by a half-urn-shaped cover carved with stiff leaves, within moulded C-scrolls on a projecting conforming shelf supported on a pierced tripartite bracket. |
Dial | Brass register engraved with barometric scale, indications of weather and with a sliding indicator encircling the barometer tube. |
Provenance | Purchased Sothebys New York 18/10/06 lot number 39. Private collection U.K. |
A Carved Stick Barometer Circa 1770
A fine George III mahogany stick barometer.
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Category: Barometers
Additional information
Dimensions | 5827373 cm |
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