Lot Essay
The sole manufacturers of this type of barometers, Davis & Co. were at 6 Kennington Road, London, 1871-1893.
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JOSEPH DAVIS & CO., LONDON. CIRCA 1880
Details
An English oak Royal Polytechnic barometer
Joseph Davis & Co., London. Circa 1880
The Gothic revival case with silvered dial signed within a shield JOSEPH DAVIS/& CO. SOLE/MANUFACTURERS, the trunk with Admiral Fitzroy's remarks and twin mercury thermometers
112 cm. high
Joseph Davis & Co., London. Circa 1880
The Gothic revival case with silvered dial signed within a shield JOSEPH DAVIS/& CO. SOLE/MANUFACTURERS, the trunk with Admiral Fitzroy's remarks and twin mercury thermometers
112 cm. high
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