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William Fraser - London. Elegant 18th Century mahogany Stick Barometer circa 1780.
Elegant 18th Century mahogany Stick Barometer in essentially original condition. The impressively large break-arch pediment, supported on side brackets, over well-engraved, silvered brass register plates, signed by the maker, with vernier slide and mercury Fahrenheit thermometer. The trunk, edge-moulded and veneered in figured Cuban mahogany, with exposed barometer tube, which terminates within turned cistern cover of a style typical of the period. Circa 1780
A highly accomplished mathematical instrument maker, who worked from premises at 3 Bond St., London from 1777 to 1815, latterly in partnership with his son, holding Royal Warrants from King George III and the Prince of Wales.
Dimensions:
Height - 97 cm / 38 ".
Stock number
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