Wednesday 20 July 2022
A George III Scottish mahogany stick barometer, by Balthazar Knie, late 18th/early 19th...
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Description
A George III Scottish mahogany stick barometer, by Balthazar Knie, late 18th/early 19th century, the arched silvered plate with floral engraving, main scale with manual Vernier scale and Fahrenheit spirit thermometer, the plate signed KNIE EDINr, the mahogany veneered case with distinctive Scottish top above the long trunk of typical form with boxwood strung edge and visible tube, with oval cistern cover having marquetry inlaid shell paterae, 99.5cm high
Provenance: with Jacob Stodel, London, June 1985, £1,250.
Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale.
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