Dollond - London
Fine quality mahogany
Stick Barometer; the arched top over well
engraved silvered brass register plate, signed
by the maker and bearing rack-and-pinion operated
vernier. The trunk, of well-patinated ‘flame’
mahogany, edge moulded, strung in ebony and
concealing original cistern barometer tube,
which terminates within turned cistern cover.
c1820
Dollond was undoubtedly
one of the finest and most innovative of all
barometer makers, achieving the highest international
reputation even in his lifetime, and whose
descendents continued to develop the business’
reputation into the most acclaimed of the
19th Century. It was acquired by Aitchison
in 1913
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