Lot Essay
Miller & Adie was a partnership between John Miller and his nephew Alexander Adie who was his apprentice. They operated from Nicolson Street, Edinburgh from 1804 to 1822.
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A SCOTTISH GEORGE III STICK BAROMETER
Details
MILLER & ADIE, EDINBURGH, CIRCA 1810
A SCOTTISH GEORGE III STICK BAROMETER
The bow-fronted case with lobed crest and cistern cover, the glazed plates with manually operated vernier, portable cistern with screw, signed 'Miller & Adie, Edinburgh' to top of plates
Mahogany and brass
39 1⁄2 in. (100.3 cm.) high; 3 1⁄2 in. (8.9 cm.) wide; 2 1⁄2 in. (6.3 cm.) deep
A SCOTTISH GEORGE III STICK BAROMETER
The bow-fronted case with lobed crest and cistern cover, the glazed plates with manually operated vernier, portable cistern with screw, signed 'Miller & Adie, Edinburgh' to top of plates
Mahogany and brass
39 1⁄2 in. (100.3 cm.) high; 3 1⁄2 in. (8.9 cm.) wide; 2 1⁄2 in. (6.3 cm.) deep
Provenance
Acquired from John Carlton-Smith, London, June 1989 (Grosvenor House Fair).
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
N. Goodison, English Barometers 1680-1860, Woodbridge, 1977, p. 130.
E. Banfield, Barometers, Stick or Cistern Tube, Trowbridge, 1985, p. 93, fig. 113.
N. Goodison, English Barometers 1680-1860, Woodbridge, 1977, p. 130.
E. Banfield, Barometers, Stick or Cistern Tube, Trowbridge, 1985, p. 93, fig. 113.
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Miller & Adie was a partnership between John Miller and his nephew Alexander Adie who was his apprentice. They operated from Nicolson Street, Edinburgh from 1804 to 1822.