An English mahogany, ebony inlaid and ebonised bow-front stick barometer , WATKINS, LONDON. EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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21 September 2004

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Lot 464

An English mahogany, ebony inlaid and ebonised bow-front stick barometer

WATKINS, LONDON. EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Price realised

EUR 7,768

Estimate

EUR 2,000 - EUR 3,000

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An English mahogany, ebony inlaid and ebonised bow-front stick barometer
Watkins, London. Early 19th Century
With ebony banding to the trunk, flanking a mercury thermometer under bowed glass, the cistern within spiral-twist cage, signed on its silvered scale Watkins/Charing Cross/London, the register plate also silvered and under bowed glass, with sliding Vernier scale and signed Watkins Charing Cross, with ebonised urn-shaped cover to boxwood cistern
97 cm. high
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Lot 464

An English mahogany, ebony inlaid and ebonised bow-front stick barometer

WATKINS, LONDON. EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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