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BY B. VALEGIA, MIDDELBURG, (ACTIVE 1800-1840), FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
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A Dutch mahogany cistern barometer
BY B. VALEGIA, MIDDELBURG, (ACTIVE 1800-1840), FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
The case with a glazed door and a triangular broken pediment surmounted by an urn-shaped finial, with two engraved pewter register plates with a ribbon-tied shield with inscription BAROMETER/THERMOMETER/en CONTRALEUR/door/B. Valegia/te Middelburg, the barometer with English and Rhenish scales, the thermometer with Reaumur and Fahrenheit
128 cm. high
BY B. VALEGIA, MIDDELBURG, (ACTIVE 1800-1840), FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
The case with a glazed door and a triangular broken pediment surmounted by an urn-shaped finial, with two engraved pewter register plates with a ribbon-tied shield with inscription BAROMETER/THERMOMETER/en CONTRALEUR/door/B. Valegia/te Middelburg, the barometer with English and Rhenish scales, the thermometer with Reaumur and Fahrenheit
128 cm. high
Special notice
Christie's charge a premium to the buyer on the final bid price of each lot sold at the following rates: 23.8% of the final bid price of each lot sold up to and including €150,000 and 14.28% of any amount in excess of €150,000. Buyers' premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.