AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY AND EBONISED STICK BAROMETER

BY ROBERT BATE

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY AND EBONISED STICK BAROMETER
By Robert Bate
The stepped cornice above a bowed glazed case the silvered register plate inscribed 'Bate London',above a thermometer in the shaft and an urn-shaped cistern cover with simulated fluted canted angles the back inscribed 'M. Duke Esq. ... By Thursday', restorations
38½ in. (98 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Robert Brettel Bate was a mathematical instrument-maker and a member of the Clockmakers' Company. His business was in Cheapside, London, where he was active between 1807 and 1849, (E. Banfield, Barometers Stick or Cistern Tube, Trowbridge, 1985, p. 121).

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