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BY D. BUTTI & ZONEN, AMSTERDAM, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
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A DUTCH MAHOGANY LARGE WHEEL BAROMETER WITH INTEGRAL CLOCK
BY D. BUTTI & ZONEN, AMSTERDAM, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
THE CASE OF TYPICAL STYLE WITH SPIRIT LEVEL WITHIN A SILVERED MASK SIGNED DTO BUTTI EN ZN/KONINKLIJKE FABRIKEURS IN WEERK INSTRUM/AMSTERDAM BENEATH THE SILVERED BAROMETER DIAL WITH PIERCED BLUED STEEL HAND AND BRASS RECORDING HAND ADJUSTED BY A TURNED BONE KNOT BELOW, THE FOLIATE CAST GILT-METAL CLOCK DIAL ABOVE WITH ROMAN CHAPTER RING AND BLUED MOON HANDS, THE TWIN BARREL MOVEMENT WITH COUNTWHEEL STRIKE ON BELL AND ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT, WITH SILK-SUSPENDED PENDULUM, THE MERCURY THERMOMETER WITHIN A CONVEX GLAZED DETATCHABLE MAHOGANY CASE, FLANKED BY FREE-STANDING TWIN BRASS COLUMNS, THE HYGROMETER BENEATH A SWAN-NECK PEDIMENT (LACKING FINIAL), THE MOVEMENT FRENCH EXECUTED CIRCA 1820-1830
134CM. HIGH
BY D. BUTTI & ZONEN, AMSTERDAM, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
THE CASE OF TYPICAL STYLE WITH SPIRIT LEVEL WITHIN A SILVERED MASK SIGNED DTO BUTTI EN ZN/KONINKLIJKE FABRIKEURS IN WEERK INSTRUM/AMSTERDAM BENEATH THE SILVERED BAROMETER DIAL WITH PIERCED BLUED STEEL HAND AND BRASS RECORDING HAND ADJUSTED BY A TURNED BONE KNOT BELOW, THE FOLIATE CAST GILT-METAL CLOCK DIAL ABOVE WITH ROMAN CHAPTER RING AND BLUED MOON HANDS, THE TWIN BARREL MOVEMENT WITH COUNTWHEEL STRIKE ON BELL AND ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT, WITH SILK-SUSPENDED PENDULUM, THE MERCURY THERMOMETER WITHIN A CONVEX GLAZED DETATCHABLE MAHOGANY CASE, FLANKED BY FREE-STANDING TWIN BRASS COLUMNS, THE HYGROMETER BENEATH A SWAN-NECK PEDIMENT (LACKING FINIAL), THE MOVEMENT FRENCH EXECUTED CIRCA 1820-1830
134CM. HIGH