27th Mar, 2021 9:30 GMT/BST

The Curious Collector

 
Lot 155
 

155

A Good Mahogany Stick Barometer, signed Dollond, London, 19th century, concealed mercury tube...

A Good Mahogany Stick Barometer, signed Dollond, London, 19th century, concealed mercury tube with a twin vernier silvered dial for yesterday and To-Day, shaped cistern cover, 107cm high Provenance: Bonhams, 7th October 2009, Lot 143

Sold for £650
Estimated at £600 - £800


 

15.01.21 Beading around the bevel glass with a chip to the top right hand corner, trunk with thermometer box missing, mercury is visible in the tube.

 


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