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Classic late 18th Century Georgian mahogany Stick Barometer; the break-arch pediment, centred by brass urn finial, over engraved silvered brass register plate with manually adjustable vernier.
The trunk, with book-matched veneers flanking exposed original barometer tube, which terminates within hemispherical cistern cover.
Circa 1790.
Partnership between John Gilbert, a third-generation instrument-maker, based at 148 Leadenhall Street, and Gabriel Wright, which ran from 1782-93.
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