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A GEORGE III STICK BAROMETER
Details
JESSE RAMSDEN, LONDON, CIRCA 1780
A GEORGE III STICK BAROMETER
The bow-fronted case with swan-neck pediment, the ebonised urn-shaped cistern cover flanked by line inlay, the glazed silvered plates, manually operated vernier (bone knob), the portable cistern with brass screwm, the plates signed 'Ramsden London', inscribed 'TESSIER A1549 RNP' to reverse
Mahogany, ebonised and brass
38 1⁄4 in. (97.2 cm.) high; 4 3⁄4 in. (12 cm.) wide; 2 3⁄4 in. (7 cm.) deep
A GEORGE III STICK BAROMETER
The bow-fronted case with swan-neck pediment, the ebonised urn-shaped cistern cover flanked by line inlay, the glazed silvered plates, manually operated vernier (bone knob), the portable cistern with brass screwm, the plates signed 'Ramsden London', inscribed 'TESSIER A1549 RNP' to reverse
Mahogany, ebonised and brass
38 1⁄4 in. (97.2 cm.) high; 4 3⁄4 in. (12 cm.) wide; 2 3⁄4 in. (7 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 3 June 1993, lot 49.
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