Lot Essay
See Edwin Banfield, BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube, Baros Books, 1985, p.93, fig.113 for a barometer by Alexander Adie of closely related design.
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A Regency mahogany stick barometer, circa 1810
The bow-fronted case with gadrooned top and cistern cover, brass urn finial, the silvered dial with Vernier scale and signed A. Adie/Edinburgh -- 40¾in. (103.5cm.) high
The bow-fronted case with gadrooned top and cistern cover, brass urn finial, the silvered dial with Vernier scale and signed A. Adie/Edinburgh -- 40¾in. (103.5cm.) high
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