19th C Mahogany Stick Barometer

Name: 19th C Mahogany Stick Barometer
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA1128455
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares

Description

A 19th Century Mahogany Stick Barometer.

With a concave and convex stepped pediment, over the silvered barometric pressure dial, with pressure indices to the right, and weather indication to the left. A sliding cursor operated by the cursor knob just below the glazed front. The body mounted with a bow fronted and glazed silvered thermometer with two indices, being Fahrenheit and Reaumur. The thermometer casing held with ogee and concave brackets. The case finished with a circular reservoir, and rounded cistern cover. The dial engraved for the maker ‘Desbois, Gray’s Inn Passage, London’.

Date circa 1850.

Height 38 inches, 96cm.

Width 4 ½ inches, 11.5cm.

Depth 2 ½ inches, 6.5cm.

Physical Dimensions

Height

96cm (37.80")

Width

11.5cm (4.53")

Depth

6.5cm (2.56")

Declaration

Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares has dated this piece to the 1850s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA1128455

Dealers Internal Reference

24070

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Description

A 19th Century Mahogany Stick Barometer.

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With a concave and convex stepped pediment, over the silvered barometric pressure dial, with pressure indices to the right, and weather indication to the left.

Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares

A sliding cursor operated by the cursor knob just below the glazed front. The body mounted with a bow fronted and glazed silvered thermometer with two indices, being Fahrenheit and Reaumur. The thermometer casing held with ogee and concave brackets. The case finished with a circular reservoir, and rounded cistern cover. The dial engraved for the maker ‘Desbois, Gray’s Inn Passage, London’.

Date circa 1850.

Height 38 inches, 96cm.

Width 4 ½ inches, 11.5cm.

Depth 2 ½ inches, 6.5cm.