William Lund
- London [#5761]
Elegant mid-19th Century
mahogany cased Marine Stick Barometer; the arched
top with engraved ivory register plates signed
by the maker, bearing rack-and-pinion operated
vernier and protected by glass cover; the trunk,
with slightly bowed sides, bearing inset Fahrenheit
and Réaumur mercury thermometer, and
with concealed barometer tube terminating within
turned brass cistern cover. Replaced gimbals.
c1850
Lund is recorded as a clock and watch maker,
working from premises at 23-24 Fleet St. between
1839-58.
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