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BY G. BERNASCONE, GOES, CIRCA 1800
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A Dutch mahogany cistern barometer
By G. Bernascone, Goes, circa 1800
Chequer-banded overall, the case of typical form with broken pediment, centred by an urn-shaped finial, supported by 1/4 brass-capped ebonised columns, flanking the pewter register plate bearing the signature G. Bernasconi/ter Goes, with thermometer, above the cistern cover inlaid with a conch shell within an oval
126cm. high
By G. Bernascone, Goes, circa 1800
Chequer-banded overall, the case of typical form with broken pediment, centred by an urn-shaped finial, supported by 1/4 brass-capped ebonised columns, flanking the pewter register plate bearing the signature G. Bernasconi/ter Goes, with thermometer, above the cistern cover inlaid with a conch shell within an oval
126cm. high