Thomas Rubergall
- London
Elegant early 19th Century mahogany
Stick Barometer; the case with arched top, edge
moulded, with book-matched veneers laid in ‘herring-bone’
style; the silvered brass register plate classically
engraved, signed by the maker and protected
by glazed door. Original exposed barometer tube
terminating in hemispherical cistern cover.
c1820
An illustrious London based
instrument maker, working from premises in Coventry
St. from 1805-54, whose patrons included King
George III and the Duke of Clarence.
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