Sale 6461
London
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6 July 2001
Price realised
GBP 3,525
Estimate
A Victorian large and unusual mahogany stick barometer Richardson & Son, Southowram. Mid 19th century The case with stepped and moulded top surmounted by a carved lunette cresting with an acanthus moulding, the sides curving in below the cornice, with conforming base section also with raised panel, the main silvered dial with diagonal plates and Vernier scale, each signed RICHARDSON & SON SOUTHOWRAM, central turned bone key, with silvered Réaumur and Fahrenheit thermometer dial below, also signed, the mercury tube with flat cistern cover 52¼in. (132.5cm.) high
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