CARY, LONDON, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY MARINE STICK BAROMETER
cary, london, second quarter 19th century
The frame unusually made with circular lower section terminating in the brass mercury cistern bulb, the upper part of rectangular section with hinged door opening to reveal a mercury thermometer on the inside of the door and the barometer vernier scale adjusted by a bone knob below, signed on a brass plate above Cary, London and surmounted by a ring handle; with original mahogany travelling case
35¼in. (89cm.) high
cary, london, second quarter 19th century
The frame unusually made with circular lower section terminating in the brass mercury cistern bulb, the upper part of rectangular section with hinged door opening to reveal a mercury thermometer on the inside of the door and the barometer vernier scale adjusted by a bone knob below, signed on a brass plate above Cary, London and surmounted by a ring handle; with original mahogany travelling case
35¼in. (89cm.) high