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NEILL BROTHERS, BELFAST. CIRCA 1860
Details
A Victorian Irish marine stick barometer
Neill Brothers, Belfast. Circa 1860
With loop suspension and brass cistern cover, part of gimbal fitting, lacking wall mount, with bone label to the top inscribed NEILL BROS./BELFAST, concealed tube, with possibly later door to angled bone plates and sliding vernier scale
95 cm. high
Neill Brothers, Belfast. Circa 1860
With loop suspension and brass cistern cover, part of gimbal fitting, lacking wall mount, with bone label to the top inscribed NEILL BROS./BELFAST, concealed tube, with possibly later door to angled bone plates and sliding vernier scale
95 cm. high
Provenance
Sotheby's London, Important Clocks, Watches, Wristwatches and Barometers, 5 June 1996, lot 181.
Special notice
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