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An American carved oak Washington Memorial wheel barometer, circa 1840
The case carved with gun, sword, pike, foghorn, anchor, block and tackle, rope and drapery, with profile portrait of George Washington below, with brass bezel and convex glass to 10in. diameter silvered dial signed GUISEPPE TAGLIABUE/302 PEARL ST./N.Y., with further signature to mercury thermometer within glazed ripple-moulded frame above -- 56in. (142cm.) high
The case carved with gun, sword, pike, foghorn, anchor, block and tackle, rope and drapery, with profile portrait of George Washington below, with brass bezel and convex glass to 10in. diameter silvered dial signed GUISEPPE TAGLIABUE/302 PEARL ST./N.Y., with further signature to mercury thermometer within glazed ripple-moulded frame above -- 56in. (142cm.) high
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