Joseph Tory - London
Very fine quality inlaid
mahogany Stick Barometer, with 'break-arch'
pediment over silvered brass register plate,
signed by the maker, and bearing mercury Fahrenheit
thermometer and manually operated vernier slide.
The trunk, edge moulded, 'herringbone' veneered
and with rope-effect banding, terminating in
original turned inlaid cistern cover, inset
with ebony and ivory roundel.
c1810
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