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    20 April 2008

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    • A LARGE EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGA
    Lot 214

    A LARGE EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY WHEEL BAROMETER

    JOHN STOPANI, SHEFFIELD, CIRCA 1840

    Price realised

    GBP 375

    Estimate

    GBP 600 - GBP 800

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    A LARGE EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY WHEEL BAROMETER
    John Stopani, Sheffield, circa 1840
    The case with swan neck pediment with hydrometer, thermometer and butlers mirror to the trunk, the 12 in. diameter silvered and engraved dial above the level signed J. STOPANI/NO.4/Castle Street/SHEFFIELD; barometer tube removed
    49 in. (124.5 cm.) high

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