A Regency mahogany and ebonised bowfront stick barometer, circa 1815

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A Regency mahogany and ebonised bowfront stick barometer, circa 1815
The case with stepped and moulded top, bowed veneed trunk flanked by ebony line inlay, with urn-shaped ebonised cistern cover flanked by canted angles with line inlaid ebony mock fluting, the silvered register plates with Vernier scale and signed Berge London/Late Ramsden -- 39in. (99cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Berge was an optical, mathematical and philosophical instrument maker and was in business for 19 years. In 1800 he took over the late Jesse Ramsden's business at 199 Piccadilly and some examples of his work are signed Berge late Ramsden, trading on his predecessor's prestigious name. Berge died in 1819.

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