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Details
An American rosewood marine stick barometer by Howland & Donnell, Maine, Circa 1860
The case with arched top and applied with a glazed mercury Fahrenheit/Centigrade thermometer to the trunk, with brass cistern cover and gimbal wall mount, concealed tube, with glass panel to two-day angled bone plates signed HOWLAND & DONNELL./BATH./ME., with twin sliding vernier scales -- 36½in. (92.5cm.) high
The case with arched top and applied with a glazed mercury Fahrenheit/Centigrade thermometer to the trunk, with brass cistern cover and gimbal wall mount, concealed tube, with glass panel to two-day angled bone plates signed HOWLAND & DONNELL./BATH./ME., with twin sliding vernier scales -- 36½in. (92.5cm.) high
Provenance
The Alan S. Marx Collection, Important Watches, Wristwatches and Clocks, Sotheby's New York, 24 & 25 June 1996, lot 456.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.