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CARY, LONDON, CIRCA 1830
Details
A George IV mahogany marine stick barometer
Cary, London, circa 1830
The case with stepped and moulded pediment above glazed and brass-lined silvered register plates, with Vernier scale and signed Cary London, the slightly bowed trunk lacking adjustment knob, with engraved thermometer scale also signed Cary London, later mercury tube, with tubular brass cistern; lacking gimbal and wall mount
37½in. (95cm.) high
Cary, London, circa 1830
The case with stepped and moulded pediment above glazed and brass-lined silvered register plates, with Vernier scale and signed Cary London, the slightly bowed trunk lacking adjustment knob, with engraved thermometer scale also signed Cary London, later mercury tube, with tubular brass cistern; lacking gimbal and wall mount
37½in. (95cm.) high
Provenance
Graham-Stirlings of Strowan, Strowan House, Perthshire and by descent to Mrs. George Boothby
Special notice
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