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BY JOHN WILSON, LONDON, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY WHEEL BAROMETER
BY JOHN WILSON, LONDON, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The case with broken arch cresting centred by a replaced turned bone finial, with a hygrometer above a bayonet-fixed mercury thermometer to the trunk, hinged cast brass dial to 14 in. diameter silvered dial with convex glass, engraved with swags and with a floral basket, signed Jno. Wilson/Fecit/LONDON, with unusual brass adjustment knob for the recording hand positioned below
46¼ in. (117.5 cm.) high
BY JOHN WILSON, LONDON, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The case with broken arch cresting centred by a replaced turned bone finial, with a hygrometer above a bayonet-fixed mercury thermometer to the trunk, hinged cast brass dial to 14 in. diameter silvered dial with convex glass, engraved with swags and with a floral basket, signed Jno. Wilson/Fecit/LONDON, with unusual brass adjustment knob for the recording hand positioned below
46¼ in. (117.5 cm.) high
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