Joseph Smith - London
Exceptional early 19th Century 'flame'
mahogany, bowfront Stick Barometer; the front-to-back
'swan-neck' pediment over finely engraved silvered
brass register plate, signed by the maker, and
bearing rack-and-pinion operated vernier. The
well-figured and finely patinated trunk, ebony
banded, and with original cistern barometer
tube terminating within urn-shaped cistern cover.
c1820
A noted mathematical instrument maker, working
from premises in the Royal Exchange, next to
the Bank of England, from 1811-57
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