Ref.2203

An 8” mercury wheel barometer of early form, c1790. The architectural pediment rebuilt with black & white ‘sharks teeth’ banding underneath and chequered black & white stringing around the case. The case with four flower inlays, thermometer scale and tube replaced & dial inscribed ‘P Riva, Fecit’, the dial contemporary but not original. The rich mahogany is a dark finish, the edges of the barometer veneered from front to back which as is common with early barometers. A very pleasant early barometer although not by the maker on the dial, measuring: 10” x 39 ½” £1750 (disregard the colour - poor flash lighting )