Alexander Kerr -
Dumfries
Fine quality, late 18th Century inlaid mahogany
Stick Barometer, of typically Scottish style,
with lancet top over impressively engraved,
signed, silvered brass register plate embellished
with flower head decoration and bearing alcohol
thermometer; the trunk, with cross-grained veneer,
boxwood strung and with exposed barometer tube
terminating in classic oval cistern cover, inlaid
with bold conch-shell patera.
c1790
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