AN EARLY REGENCY MAHOGANY BOWFRONT STICK BAROMETER
By Alexander Adie, Edinburgh
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£400 - £600
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Hammer price:
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£1,800 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
With gadrooned pediment above silvered scale, signed A. Adie, Edinburgh, with vernier scale, gadrooned reservoir
103 cm high
See Nicholas Goodison, English Barometers 1680-1860, Woodbridge 1977, p. 130.
CONDITION REPORT
The brass finial to adjust the vernier is replaced. The tube appears to fit the cut out on the silvered scale very well. There is a length of mercury at the top of the tube, held by the vacuum, so one can assume the reservoir may be damaged and some has leaked.
Some marks and knocks consistent with age.
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