Matthew Berge - London
Excellent flat-to-the-wall
mahogany Stick Barometer in original condition;
the arched top with finely engraved silvered
brass register plate, signed by the maker bearing
manually operated vernier and protected by lockable
glazed door. The trunk, veneered in strikingly
figured Cuban mahogany, concealing original
offset cistern tube which terminates within
urn-shaped cistern cover.
c1810
By dint of his position as
Workshop Manager of the business of Jesse Ramsden
- one of the finest and most innovative of barometer
makers ever - Berge had been effectively responsible
for the firm’s output for a considerable
time. Hence the seamless continuation of finest
quality products after Berge inherited the business
in 1800 on Ramsden’s death, until his
own death in 1819
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