A GEORGE III SCOTTISH MAHOGANY AND SATINWOOD INLAID WHEEL BAROMETER
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A GEORGE III SCOTTISH MAHOGANY AND SATINWOOD INLAID WHEEL BAROMETER

BALTHAZAR KNIE, EDINBURGH. CIRCA 1790

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A GEORGE III SCOTTISH MAHOGANY AND SATINWOOD INLAID WHEEL BAROMETER
BALTHAZAR KNIE, EDINBURGH. CIRCA 1790
CASE: chequer-strung, hygrometer signed 'KNIE EDINR.' to top, shell inlays and alcohol thermometer to trunk DIAL: 12 in. diameter silvered, signed 'Knie fecit/Edinburgh', blued steel hand; mercury removed
43 in. (109 cm.) high; 13½ in. (34.5 cm.) wide; 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) deep
來源
The Alan S. Marx Collection, Sotheby's New York, 24 & 25 June 1996, lot 589.
注意事項
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

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Giles Forster
Giles Forster

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Balthazar Knie (fl.1743 - d.1817) is regarded as Scotland's most renowned and prolific barometer maker of the late 18th/early 19th century. Born in Germany and trained as a glass blower, he is first recorded in Edinburgh in 1776 and remained active until his death in 1817.