#7144 | Early rare english 'Queen Anne' portable seaweed barometer, unsigned, circa 1700-1710. | |
SOLD | Early english portable seaweed barometer, unsigned, circa 1700-1710.
Oak 'Queen Anne barometer with seaweed marquetry decoration, silvered brass scales. Original Quare-style ivory cistern that can close the tube for transport. This cistern can also be found in a Daniel Quare portable pillar barometer in the 'Museum of the History of Science' in Oxford. Pictures of this cistern can be found in 'Barometers in beeld' from Bert Bolle, 1983, pag. 13, ISBN 90-6087-922-8. |
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