Louis Simon - South Shields
Mid 19th Century rosewood
marine Stick Barometer: the arched top over
well engraved signed ivory register plates with
rack-and-pinion operated vernier behind glazed
cover. The trunk , veneered in ‘Rio’
rosewood, inset with Fahrenheit mercury thermometer
and with original fine-bore concealed barometer
tube terminating in turned brass cistern cover.
Gimbals replaced.
c1850
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