Price
£4950.00This object is eligible for a Certificate of BADA Provenance
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A rare unsigned ebonised fruitwood and brass-mounted siphon tube barometer. The barrel-shaped cistern base has the brass adjustment knob in the base and a gilt-brass collet at the top joining it to the spiral section with a further brass collet, joining it to the tapering straight section which supports the barometer hood, which is surmounted by three finials, the flanking finials rotate to adjust the blued steel index fingers on the register scales.
The register scales are formed of two silvered brass plates with foliate engraving top and bottom and the following weather inscriptions:
Very dry 31 / Hard Frost setl'd Fair / Setl'd Frost Fair 30 / Frost Variable,
Rain 29/ Snowch M: Rain / ch M: Snow Storms 28 / Tempest.
Circa 1700.
Dimensions
Height: 95.00cm, Width: 11.50cm, Depth: 10.00cmCondition report
GoodStock number
400301Open Monday-Saturday 9.30-5; closed Sunday and sometimes Wednesday
The BADA Standard
- Since 1918, BADA has been the leading association for the antiques and fine art trade
- Members are elected for their knowledge, integrity and quality of stock
- Our clients are protected by BADA’s code of conduct
- Our dealers’ membership is reviewed and renewed annually
- Bada.org is a non-profit site: clients deal directly with members and they pay no hidden fees
