Classic Design: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics & Clocks
Classic Design: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics & Clocks
Lot Closed
November 8, 03:04 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A rare George III mahogany wheel barometer, Samuel Northcote jnr., Plymouth, dated 1788
8-inch silvered dial divided for 100ths of an inch, the inches indicated by a gilt-brass weight against a scale between the base and centre of the dial, signed in an oval reserve Samuel Northcote Junr., Plymouth 1788, the case inset with a brass disc and a large bow-fronted mercury thermometer with Fahrenheit and Reaumur scales, signed Wellington, London,
89cm 35in high