Thompson - Wellbeck
A most attractive and
unusual early 19th Century inlaid satinwood
Wheel Barometer; the 'swan-neck' pediment over
case, veneered in satinwood, multi-strung in
ebony and boxwood and banded in tulipwood with
finely engraved silvered brass hygrometer, detachable
Fahrenheit thermometer, main 8-inch diameter
barometer dial - very unusually, decorated with
crossed agricultural instruments. Signed spirit
level to base.
c1815
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