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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND BRASS-INLAID BAROMETER by George Adams, London
The shallow pagoda-arched brass-lined top surmounted by later foliate-cast giltmetal finials, brass-lined and capped hexagonal tapering columns flanking the barometer dial with giltmetal glazed door, the Vermier scale with precusion recording magnifying glass, the silvered engraved plates signed Geo. Adams, London at the top and engraved with foliage below, giltmetal brackets with drop-acorn finials flanking the top of the silvered mercury thermometer plate engraved thermometer and signed G Adams, London, replaced thermometer, the base applied with a brass-lined and facetted cover inlaid with stylised foliage
40in. (102cm.) high
The shallow pagoda-arched brass-lined top surmounted by later foliate-cast giltmetal finials, brass-lined and capped hexagonal tapering columns flanking the barometer dial with giltmetal glazed door, the Vermier scale with precusion recording magnifying glass, the silvered engraved plates signed Geo. Adams, London at the top and engraved with foliage below, giltmetal brackets with drop-acorn finials flanking the top of the silvered mercury thermometer plate engraved thermometer and signed G Adams, London, replaced thermometer, the base applied with a brass-lined and facetted cover inlaid with stylised foliage
40in. (102cm.) high