Charles Porta - Newcastle. Inlaid mahogany Georgian Stick Barometer
Charles Porta - Newcastle. Inlaid mahogany Georgian Stick Barometer
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Very fine quality inlaid mahogany Georgian Stick Barometer in largely original condition; with break-arch pediment over silvered brass register plate, signed by the maker, bearing Fahrenheit thermometer and manually operated Vernier slide. The protecting door, unusually with ebony moulding on satinwood ground. The well patinated trunk, edge moulded, herringbone veneered, chevron banded and terminating in original turned cistern cover, inlaid with triple concentric chequer bands.
c 1810
Newcastle