Fantastic Estate sale find. The family; 4 generations spent their summers in Nantucket and this was form the Library. THAXTER & SON Boston Brass Enamel Holosteric Barometer. Samuel Thaxter was born in Hingham, Massachusetts in 1769 and died in Boston in 1842. He is first listed in the 1796 Boston [...]
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27 Tall Antique Black Forest Barometer Weather Station in Solid Walnut
Text or call any time 503 804 3333. Description of item for sale. This Black Forest style wood case barometer is from France and it dates to the early 1900`s. This is a genuine old one with exceptionally fine carving and not one of the newer reproductions of [...]
ANTIQUE POCKET TRAVEL COMPASS BAROMETER THERMOMETER S. F. HENRY KAHN CO. 1880-90s
ANTIQUE POCKET TRAVEL COMPASS BAROMETER THERMOMETER S. Works fine missing back of case leather. The firm of Henry Kahn & Co. San Francisco, importers of French, German and English dry goods, is composed of the following gentlemen: Julius Kahn, S. Klein and Henry Kahn. The house was established in 1879. [...]