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D61. MOLTON. NORWICH.FLAT FRONTED MAHOGANY CISTERN STICK BAROMETER, CIRCA 1825.

This has a broken architectural top with a central brass finial. Below it is a rectangular glazed door protecting the dial. The veneers to the front of the body of the barometer are laid chevron fashion. There are raised shaped blocks to the top of the body on either side and fluting running down it with ebony & boxwood stringing. The turned bowl protecting the cistern, now screwed into place, is decorated with chevron stringing and an ebony? disc with ivory centre.

The dial has a spirit thermometer on the left graduated 0 to 120 degrees with marks for Summer Heat; Freezing, etc and on the right the barometric pressure scale with sliding register and comments such as Very dry; changing & Storm. £1675.

Length: 38"
D60. NEALE & BAILEY, NO 8 St PAULS CHURCHYARD A REGENCY FLAT FRONTED MAHOGANY CISTERN BAROMETER.
This is a particularly good example of this type of barometer. It has an architectural top with a central turned brass finial. The front door protecting the scale has chevron stringing to its border and is concave to either side at the bottom. The veneers to the front of the body of the barometer are laid chevron fashion and are bordered with matching stringing. The turned hemispherical cistern cover is ribbed to the centre and extends up the mercury tube.
The attractively engraved silvered dial, which is signed by the maker in flowing script at the top, has the usual indications to the left; Very dry, Fair, Much Rain, etc & on the right the barometric scale graduated from 28 to 31 with a sliding register to one side. A refinement, not usually seen on this type of barometer, is the substantial brass screw at the bottom which may be wound up to raise the column of mercury for travelling.
Length overall. 39"
( 99cms.) £1950