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BY BALTHAZAR KNIE, EDINBURGH, DATED 1787
Details
A SCOTTISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND CHEQUER-BANDED STICK BAROMETER
By Balthazar Knie, Edinburgh, dated 1787
The arched silvered scales inscribed Barometer, Knie, Edinr. 1787, and engraved with floral chains and flowerheads, oval cistern cover below with turned brass adjuster
39½in. (100.5cm) high
By Balthazar Knie, Edinburgh, dated 1787
The arched silvered scales inscribed Barometer, Knie, Edinr. 1787, and engraved with floral chains and flowerheads, oval cistern cover below with turned brass adjuster
39½in. (100.5cm) high
Literature
An almost identical but undated stick barometer by Knie is illustrated in Nicholas Goodison, English Barometers, 1680-1860, revised edition, Suffolk, 1977, p.175, plates 112 and 113