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A Regency mahogany banjo barometer
with ebony and satinwood stringing, with swan-neck pediment, silvered dials, hygrometer above alcohol thermometer, centred by a convex mirror within reeded ebonised slip, the main register engraved with a stylised design to the centre, with spirit level below, pediment damaged, splitting to veneer -- 38in.(97cm.) high
See Colour Illustration (Plate 9)
with ebony and satinwood stringing, with swan-neck pediment, silvered dials, hygrometer above alcohol thermometer, centred by a convex mirror within reeded ebonised slip, the main register engraved with a stylised design to the centre, with spirit level below, pediment damaged, splitting to veneer -- 38in.(97cm.) high
See Colour Illustration (Plate 9)