A Georgian mahogany cased mercurial wheel barometer and thermometer. The barometer is engraved on the dial. The case is decorated with a circular inlaid flower at the base and top and an inlaid conch shell either side of the thermometer. The edge of the barometer has a pair of line inlays of boxwood and ebony. The slim alcohol thermometer is on the Fahrenheit scale and is held against a silvered scale in a mahogany case with a glass cover. The barometer has an architectural pediment with a brass urn in the centre. Made somewhere between 1805 -1819 and recorded as made as one of the several Italian barometer makers in London at the turn of the 18th – 19th century. Height 96cm (37.8 inches). Width 26cm (10.2 inches). Depth 5cm (2 inches). The item “ANTIQUE GEORGIAN MAHOGANY BANJO BAROMETER, HATTON GARDEN” is in sale since Monday, May 7, 2018. This item is in the category “Antiques\Science & Medicine (Pre-1930)\Scientific Instruments\Barometers”. The seller is “karelawend_0″ and is located in Woodland Hills, California. This item can be shipped to United States.
