Clocks / Barometers >> 19TH C WALNUT STICK BAROMETER
A 19th Century Walnut Stick Barometer. The barometer with a scrolled leaf pediment, above the canted dial, reading for the barometric pressures '10AM YESTERDAY' and '10AM TODAY'. The dial with slide cursors, operated by a pair of reeded brass knobs. The dial behind bevelled glass. The body of the barometer veneered in burr walnut, and holding the thermometer guage, likewise within bevelled glass, with scrolled leaf brackets. The cistern of ogee shaping, faced with a carved scroll leaf paterae. The barometer by 'C. BAKER, 224, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON'. All in good working order. Height 41 1/2 inches, width 6 inches, depth 3 1/4 inches. Date c 1850.Ref: 21286
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